Deep Utopia
Life and Meaning in a Solved World
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Deep Utopia
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Narrated by:
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David Timson
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By:
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Nick Bostrom
About this listen
*Gold Medal Winner, Living Now Book Awards 2024*
Bostrom’s previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (OUP, 2014) sparked a global conversation on AI that continues to this day. That book, which became a surprise New York Times bestseller, focused on what might happen if AI development goes wrong.
But what if things go right? Suppose we develop superintelligence safely and ethically, and that we make good use of the almost magical powers this technology would unlock. We would transition into an era in which human labor becomes obsolete—a “post-instrumental” condition in which human efforts are not needed for any practical purpose. Furthermore, human nature itself becomes fully malleable.
The challenge we confront here is not technological but philosophical and spiritual. In such a “solved world”, what is the point of human existence? What gives meaning to life? What would we do and experience?
Deep Utopia—a work that is again decades ahead of its time—takes the listener who is able to follow on a journey into the heart of some of the profoundest questions before us, questions we didn’t even know to ask. It shows us a glimpse of a different kind of existence, which might be ours in the future.
©2024 Nick Bostrom (P)2024 Nick BostromCritic Reviews
“This is a wondrous book. It is mind-expanding. It is poetic. It is moving. It is funny. The writing is superb. Every page is full of ideas.” —Russ Roberts, President of Shalem College
“Fascinating.” —The New York Times
“Yeah.” —Elon Musk
What listeners say about Deep Utopia
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Robert L Mailler
- 02-03-2025
Irritating narration, too much like a children’s book
A jarring mix of excessive verbiage presented in the style of children’s book. Always choosing more complex and unusual phrasing when simpler phrasing would do. Spends longer than needed to get to the point. The devices fail to be charming. The author has clearly thought very deeply about things but at the same time presents what seems an overly simplistic view of what is necessary to satisfy real human beings.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 12-02-2025
Long but good
A lot to chew philosophically, it contains many ideas drawn out rather than one overall thesis. The philosophy is very strong and original and the embedded fiction is not Bostrom's strong suit but becomes charming.
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