Deeply appreciate this review of our book from @nytimesbooks: “The result is one of the most perceptive books on modern Iran in years, capturing not only the machinery of repression but the fragile forms of hope that survive beneath it.” https://t.co/LgeF85IjF0
We talked to over 70 people and examined thousands of pages of documents and emails to uncover how the Iranian state seized the tech sector from the entrepreneurs who made it. An excerpt of our new book, in @TheAtlantic today https://t.co/IprUrOXagu
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
New post:
"Stolen Revolution"
Coverage on Iran has focused on Trump, not what's going inside the country.
So we talked to the authors of a brilliant new book on Iran's recent history about the war, the regime + the chances for change.
(Free to read)
https://t.co/vYRv8zM5re
From talking to a Harvard astrophysicist to listening to the stories of alien abductees, Daniel Lavelle takes readers on a wild journey into America's UFO heartlands and those obsessed with the thought of extra terrestrial life in CHASING ALIENS, out now: https://t.co/2msjamCcci
A jaw-dropping and darkly comic true story, Jon Ronson recounts his excursion into the strange world of masculinity in crisis after his son is lured into the forests of New England on the pretext of a party in THE CASTLE, coming soon. Signed Edition: https://t.co/ObqFx2GtSi
Here’s a video unveiling the UK cover of THE CASTLE!
I’m being secretive about the twists and turns but the video includes tiny slivers of audio from my reporting.
‘Ridiculously compelling…vintage Ronson. Wise, timely and extremely funny’ - @louistheroux
Preorder in bio!
Our book Stolen Revolution has been chosen in The Bookseller’s top ten picks for June non-fiction in the UK:
"a book to read now to understand the spirit of the ordinary people behind the warmongering rhetoric and tragic headlines."
@yjtorbati#Iran
Are we really alone in the universe? 👽
On 8 May, @DaniLavelle joins @jonronson to explore America’s obsession with aliens — from Skinwalker Ranch to Harvard labs.
UFOs, belief, and the human need not to feel alone in the cosmos. 🌌
🎟️ - https://t.co/G9dxSXNWM9