Dubi rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 3 stars

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
Canadian; love horror, sci-fi, historical fiction, urban magic, and science non-fiction
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It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
The typology this book offers, demonstrated through stories of those who were in the news and behind the scenes, is interesting and potentially useful in other contexts as well, but I kept waiting for the bit where Miller suggests how we avoid this in the future, or at least explains how come this didn't happen in the past, but it never comes, and the book ends rather abruptly.
So we're left to wonder for ourselves how the lessons learned can be applied.
The typology this book offers, demonstrated through stories of those who were in the news and behind the scenes, is interesting and potentially useful in other contexts as well, but I kept waiting for the bit where Miller suggests how we avoid this in the future, or at least explains how come this didn't happen in the past, but it never comes, and the book ends rather abruptly.
So we're left to wonder for ourselves how the lessons learned can be applied.

The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa―a name …
This book is absolutely amazing, though, I should say, it should come with every trigger warning imaginable. A book I somehow could neither put down nor read more than a few pages at a time.
This book is absolutely amazing, though, I should say, it should come with every trigger warning imaginable. A book I somehow could neither put down nor read more than a few pages at a time.

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories -- …

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories -- …

Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think …

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest …