Ways of Being
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Ways of Being
| Full title | Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines — The Search for a Planetary Intelligence |
|---|---|
| Author | James Bridle |
| Published | 2022 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Intelligence as something distributed across animals, plants and machines rather than concentrated in human heads. |
Where I heard about it
- @michaelmiraflor — on X, December 2025: “This book dives into the idea that technology is another form of [non-sentient life] … a part of our collective ecology that deserves to be considered on the same level as plants and animals and fungi… Bit of a breakthrough book for me.”
Connections
- Artificial Intelligence — the non-anthropocentric framing of the same question.
- Technological Innovation
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.