Octopuissance: THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler
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Rose and Nico discuss THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler (MCD). In a near future where AI is leveraged for everything from companionship to deep-sea fishing, megacorp DIANIMA purchases Vietnam's Con Dao archipelago after a unique population of octopi is discovered there. But not everyone believes DIANIMA's mission is benevolent -- including the small research team assembled to study the octopi.
Timestamps: Discussion/***SPOILER ZONE***: 41:20 Conclusion: 01:25:50
Other titles mentioned: BLINDSIGHT, Peter Watts WOLF LARSEN, 1958 film
Topical non-books: Mikhail Bakunin, rad dude The Split Brain Phenomenon (research article)
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