Books: Most of you will know it, but to make sure: I wouldn't want to die without having read "Gödel Escher Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid" (Douglas R. Hofsta

Books: Most of you will know it, but to make sure: I wouldn't want to die without having read "Gödel Escher Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid" (Douglas R. Hofstadter), a 1000-page recursive poem about consciousness, bio-chemistry, mathematical versus musical beauty, zen koans, recursion, symmetry, formal rule systems, AI and more. Every second chapter is written as a dialog. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky) In our time, media manipulation is at its historic peak, so perhaps everyone should know a bit about the political-economic underpinnings. How issues are framed and chosen, the influence of money, reporting biases. Dining with Terrorists: Meetings with the World's Most Wanted Militants (Phil Rees) A former BBC journalist tells about meals with 'interesting' people and the trickiness associated with the definition of 'terrorism'. I'm also going to throw in some movies for good measure. Films: Meaning of Life https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/ Adam's Apples https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418455/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418455/ Harold and Maude https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/