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October 2018 News

October 2018 Gwern.net newsletter with 5 new posts, links on genetics/human evolution/AI/meta-science/history of tech, 2 book reviews, 2 movie reviews, 1 series review.

This is the October 2018 edition of the Gwern.net newsletter; previous, September 2018 (archives). This is a collation of links and summary of major changes, overlapping with my Changelog; brought to you by my donors on Patreon.

Writings

Media

Books

Nonfiction:

Film/TV

Live-action:

  • Shadow of the Vampire (200024ya) (a meta-fictional retelling of Nosferatu; Defoe kills it as the vampire, and the movie as a whole is a love-letter to silent-films & film-making)

Animated:

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Due to length, this review & essay has been split out to a separate page.

Music