'Books' Archive

Ray Kurzweil on Future Energy

October 18th, 2005 / Books, Energy Transition / 1 comment

Ray Kurzweil's new book, "The Singularity is Near" is a stunning compendium of future history. To those not familiar with Kurzweil's method, the book reads like far-fetched science fiction. In ...

Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby, PhD

September 1st, 2001 / Books / No comments

I wanted an introduction to the rituals of Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic South American plant concoction, something I'd heard about from a friend and thought I might like to experience at ...