The first snow has arrived, Christmas markets are sweeping through the city and as soon as the new year arrived, it seems to be over again. Whether cuddled up by the fireplace with tea or as an excuse to escape the Christmas family dinner with obligatory political discussion, the end of the year cries out for a book just in case. 😉 Once again, the editorial team has curated five books for you that should not be missing from us this winter. ❄☃
The endless expanses of space: The Last Frontier, after humanity believes that it has discovered just about everything in the world and is looking for a new endeavor. It is difficult not to use childish fantasies here, if you think of the sci-fi series and cartoons of childhood and adolescence, in which the first nuclear families hitchhiked across the galaxy to found small colonies on unknown worlds — including goldfish bowl on the head and space suit for the dog. But adult sentiment also seems to remain fascinated by this idea: away from everyday problems, from taxes and climate crises; away from Twitter, away from war and all our other problems — Earth, goodbye. Seen quite soberly, however, away from the idea of any space pioneers in a new Terra Incognita: Is that actually a good idea for both settlers and those left behind?
This is just one of many problems that Kelly and Zach Weinersmith address in this analysis of one of the most exciting alternative hypotheses of human reverie. Can we father and raise children in space? Are companies in space a good idea? And what about space wars? A fantastic investigation of multiplanetary ambitions with outstanding expertise.
The fact that humanity could soon be a thing of the past by missing climate goals seems to have long since left behind the status of apocalyptic bad news and is instead approaching an unpleasant reality that continuously cultivates fear, confusion and uncertainty. Hannah Ritchie, research leader at Our World in Data and senior researcher at the University of Oxford on environmental issues and their relationship to everyday life (a long and impressive title, therefore), would like to suggest a more hopeful approach; looking at the data, Ritchie says maybe we could be on the road to sustainability for the first time.
With the help of scientific precision and its graphical analysis, Ritchie creates an understanding of the climate crisis and offers practicable approaches, explains those that don't work and what we need to focus on. These problems were major, but not insoluble. A book that gives hope.
From a highly acclaimed tech visionary to a possibly megalomaniac joke on the Internet: Elon Musk's career is truly mixed and opinions about the Silicon Valley icon continue to divide. On one point, however, the masses seem to agree at least: Perhaps the Twitter takeover was simply not a good idea.
Ben Mezrich looks at the highs and lows with humor and muses on where things could only go wrong on Twitter, today X. With front row seats, Breaking Twitter offers a look back at the apparent downfall of one of the integral websites of our time, examines whether it still has a chance to make a comeback and asks: Has Elon Musk now broken Twitter, or was it the other way around?
A page turner for anyone who wants to know how not to do it.
As is well known, the New Year is just around the corner at the end of the year — the time in which we review the events of the last 12 months, dedicate ourselves to final self-reflection, followed by an independent pat on the back or kick in the butt and wonder how things should continue now. This is precisely why it is worthwhile to return to one's own center and illustrate personal foundations once again. That's what this book is for.
The story in How Do You Live? alternates between the everyday life of 15-year-old Junichi Honda, known as Copper, and how he navigates through it after his father's death, as well as letters from his uncle, based on Copper's experiences, which, although not a definitive answer, offer at least an approach to the question of what it actually means to live — in a world that can be unimaginably big and small at the same time.
We still have one, we're still almost warm from our network. When two of the most active digital minds from Hamburg, Nico Lumma and Christoph Hüning, deal with the topic of AI, this could be an exciting gift for anyone interested.
In short, artificial intelligence answers what AI actually is, how it works and how this technology, which is currently on the rise, will change our world. A great introduction to the topic for anyone who has the appropriate curiosity about it!
We wish you lots of fun reading, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄
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