Genesis (Schmidt, Kissinger, and Mundie)
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Genesis (Schmidt, Kissinger, and Mundie)
| Full title | Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit |
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| Author | Eric Schmidt, Henry Kissinger and Craig Mundie |
| Published | 2024 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Kissinger’s last book, written with Eric Schmidt and Craig Mundie — an attempt to think about machine intelligence in the terms a statesman would use: sovereignty, deterrence, and what a nation is for. |
Genesis (Schmidt, Kissinger, and Mundie)
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at SFO — September 2026 (Books photo album)
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@8teAPi — recommended it on X (July 2025): “Stunning book. … unbelievably, he managed to AGI pill Henry Kissinger, and managed to get him to write a final book laying out the paths for the AGI future, including geopolitical permutations.”
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@patrick_oshag’s thread — named in the replies to his question “Anyone read anything thought provoking lately ?”, October 2026 (@nidhiwadmark: “It feels increasingly prescient.”). Full set of replies: Anyone read anything thought provoking… (tweet).
Connections
- Eric Schmidt — co-author.
- Henry Kissinger — co-author, and the reason the book reads as statecraft.
- AGI — the premise the authors take as near-term.
- Artificial Intelligence — the subject.
- Empires of AI — Schmidt’s Foreign Affairs essay with Ferguson and Klaassen (Oct 2026).
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.