"This is a wondrous book. It is mind-expanding. It is poetic. It is moving. It is funny. The writing is superb. Every page is full of ideas." -- Russ Roberts, EconTalk host, President of Shalem College
"Wow!" -- Professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University; Co-author of The Second Machine Age
"When technology has solved humanity's deepest problems, what is left to do? That is one question considered in a new publication by Nick Bostrom. ... He argues that beyond the post-scarcity world lies a "post-instrumental" one ... With the arrival of AI Utopia, this would be put to the test. Quite a lot would ride on the result." -- The Economist
"Yeah" -- Elon Musk
"A fascinating book" -- Peter Coy, The New York Times
"Rather than play the doomy hits, Deep Utopia considers a future in which humanity has successfully developed superintelligent machines but averted disaster. ... [it] examines what meaning there would be in life inside a techno-utopia, and asks if it might be rather hollow." -- WIRED
"Bostrom is a marvelously energetic prose stylist; it's uncanny how often he turns subjects like utilitarianism and Malthusian superabundance into genuinely thrilling reading. ... employs a wry understated humor that's often very quiet in its punchlines. ... A complex and stimulatingly provocative look at just how possible a fulfilling life might be." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Reminiscent of Plato's dialogues--with a 21st-century twist."-- Stuff (NZ)
"This is one of the strangest sort-of popular science (or philosophy, or something or other) books I've ever read. ... I can't say I enjoyed reading this book - but I think I am glad that I did." -- Popular Science Books
"A major contribution to human thought and ways of thinking." -- Robert Lawrence Kuhn
"A really fun, and important, book... the writing is brilliant... incredibly rich... a constant parade of fascinating ideas." -- Professor Guy Kahane, University of Oxford
"Brilliant! Hilarious, poignant, insightful, clever, important." -- Professor Thaddeus Metz, University of Pretoria, author of Meaning in Life
