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Consider Phlebas
Science Fiction
The first novel in Banks's Culture series, depicting a post-scarcity civilization where humans coexist with benevolent superintelligent Minds. Hassabis describes the Culture as the best optimistic picture of a post-AGI future ever written — and named the Theme Park cheat code 'Horza' after its protagonist.
Endorsed By
4 People-
Demis Hassabis
“Banks' Culture series is brilliant. Consider Phlebas is one of my favourite books, I read it back in the day when I was programming Theme Park”
Hassabis read the Culture series while writing the Bullfrog game Theme Park as a teenager. He used 'Horza' — the Consider Phlebas protagonist — as a cheat code.
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Max Levchin
Listed on his bookmarked.club page.
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Jeff Bezos
“Iain M. Banks' amazing Culture series is a huge personal favorite.”
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Elon Musk
“Compelling picture of a grand, semi-utopian galactic future. Hopefully not too optimistic about AI.”