The Reading Shelf
The technical reading lives here, most of it on O’Reilly. I keep a playlist for each subject, and you can open any of them. The study tracks feed the cybernetics family tree and the math under it.
A book shows up under its playlist once I have read it or skimmed it and said so. Being on a playlist is not the same as being read. The reviews are in the Library.
The same map has a shelf of talks too, other people’s lectures and conversations: the watching path.
Reading now
The books I have open, and what comes next. Where I am in one is in my own note, when I have written it.
- reading now The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society, Norbert Wiener
- reading now Runatic Year, Alex Shumovich Sent by its author, Alex Shumovich, after he read my Murakami running review. Free to read.I've read The beginning and January, and I'm enjoying his discovery of running.
Up next
- up next The Sovereign Mirror, Nicholas Ferguson Sent by its author, Nicholas Ferguson, after he read Observe the Observer and my Alan Watts review.
Study tracks
A path each, the books in order inside it.
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Complexity · Simulate it playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Complexity science
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Cybernetics · Systems and control playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Systems thinking
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Data science · Statistics to analysis playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Entropy, coding, compression
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Math 1 · Brush up (rusty foundations) playlist on O’Reilly
In the math: logs and roots
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Math 2 · Calculus, fast playlist on O’Reilly
In the math: calculus
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Math 3 · Math for neural networks playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Neural nets, deep learning · In the math: probability, linear algebra
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Math 4 · Build a network playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Neural nets, deep learning, Reinforcement learning · In the math: neural nets
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Observability · SRE (the governor in production) playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Control loops in software
Shelves
A subject each, filed the way a bookshop would.
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AI engineering, LLMs and agents playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Neural nets, deep learning, Reinforcement learning
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AWS and certification prep playlist on O’Reilly
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Cloud and app security playlist on O’Reilly
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Curiosities: quantum, web3, odd ones playlist on O’Reilly
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Data engineering and SQL playlist on O’Reilly
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DevOps, IaC and delivery playlist on O’Reilly
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Engineering leadership playlist on O’Reilly
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Games and game design playlist on O’Reilly
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Kubernetes and platform engineering playlist on O’Reilly
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Languages, Linux and tools playlist on O’Reilly
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Maker and electronics playlist on O’Reilly
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Markets and finance code playlist on O’Reilly
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Software architecture and design patterns playlist on O’Reilly
On the tree: Organizational design
Opening a playlist needs an O’Reilly account. More from the shelves: the Library · the cybernetics reading path · the family tree · the watching path