Hugh Howey

  • Book Signing Live!

    Shay and I will be signing the rest of your orders and shipping them out this week! Come join us on Thursday around 8pm EST. We’ll be in our jammies with hot chocolate listening to holiday tunes. Happy to answer questions and chat while I scribble in your books. The above video should go live… Continue reading

  • Signed Books for a Limited Time!

    The “too long, didn’t watch all your YouTube video” version (TLDWAYYV): I have a very limited number of books lying about, and so Shay created a website to sell these to you all! These are for the collector / gift-giver and are priced due to rarity (first printings, first editions, out-of-print editions, etc.) Shipping within… Continue reading

  • A Common Misunderstanding

    A Common Misunderstanding

    I recently attended an interview with the great filmmaker and writer Werner Herzog over at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. It was a wide-ranging discussion full of insights and laughs, with Werner being his usual charming and quirky self. But he said one thing that I disagree with, something that I’ve heard several times before. He… Continue reading

  • Limits of Knowledge

    Many of the fears about what AI might do in the future come from curves like this: And curves like this: But there’s an assumption in these curves that don’t follow from any observation, and that’s the assumption that knowledge and speed have no upward bound. The arrow points almost straight up, as if a… Continue reading

  • Beacon 23 is Spinning Up!

    Two episodes dropping in just a few weeks! https://screenrant.com/beacon-23-show-trailer-lena-headey/ https://collider.com/beacon-23-trailer/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/beacon-23-trailer-previews-lena-headey-led-sci-fi-thriller/ar-AA1irJOy?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=8415001f511b4201b0b01a5e6cc7bbd9&ei=68 Continue reading