Infinite Books
Two Thoughts
2023 will mark the launch of Infinite Books. The flagship publication? Two Thoughts by our very own Jim O’Shaughnessy. The tradition that is Two Thoughts began on the 28th of December, 2020, with a throwaway tweet by Jim that read as follows:
Two thoughts from Buckminster Fuller:
‘There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.’ ‘Don’t fight forces, use them.’
Since then, Two Thoughts has become a daily institution. What was once two thoughts has become two thousand: a compendium of wisdom, which will—at long last—realize its butterfly-status in book form. Two Thoughts will take the reader through a selection of 365 of Jim’s favorite thinkers, coupled with some wise words from the man himself—such as his classic Twitter-thread-turned-essay “The Thinker and the Prover.”
Box of Stars
Which brings us to Edward Rooster, a prolific yet meticulous author, who guested on Infinite Loops in March of this year. For over a year now, Ed has been studying the intersection of history and technology through a magical realism, publishing stories and chapters on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis via his Substack.
Now, under the aegis of Infinite Books, Ed is stitching together his chapters and fitting them along the spine of his first novel: Box of Stars. It’s a novel that not only reimagines the future, but the past and present—a perfect companion for White Mirror on the sci-fi section of your bookshelf.
White Mirror
Infinite Books has many more thoughts and thinkers in the pipeline, however. In July of 2023 we ran a short story contest entitled White Mirror, encouraging writers to submit their fictionalized (and idealized) visions of humanity’s future. The winner was a writer who goes by the name of Tinkered Thinking.
As we speak, already armed with a cult following on Twitter and two collections of short stories to his name, Tinkered Thinking is working on his third. The title? You guessed it. With White Mirror, which stands to be Infinite Books’ first foray into the world of storytelling, Tinkered Thinking promises to leave an indelible mark—an indelibly protopian mark—on the genre of science fiction. The future can’t come fast enough.
Born To Fit Out
While Edward Rooster’s and Tinkered Thinking’s stories transport us to the stars, our next publication begins in the streets. Condemned as a child to poverty, gang violence, and homelessness, the odds of David Rhoiney making it to adulthood at times appeared slim. The odds of escaping poverty seemed slimmer still. Twenty-five years later, David’s career defies belief. Now a qualified robotic surgeon, he has also excelled as a Division I athlete in basketball and sprinting, a U.S. Navy cryptologist, a financial educator, a public speaker, and a web designer and developer.
Penned by OSV team member Ed William, this biography is a story of ambition, sacrifice, intelligence, ruthlessness, resilience, hubris, loss, and, ultimately, hope.
Infinite Books
Two Thoughts
2023 will mark the launch of Infinite Books. The flagship publication? Two Thoughts by our very own Jim O’Shaughnessy. The tradition that is Two Thoughts began on the 28th of December, 2020, with a throwaway tweet by Jim that read as follows:
Two thoughts from Buckminster Fuller:
‘There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.’ ‘Don’t fight forces, use them.’
Since then, Two Thoughts has become a daily institution. What was once two thoughts has become two thousand: a compendium of wisdom, which will—at long last—realize its butterfly-status in book form. Two Thoughts will take the reader through a selection of 365 of Jim’s favorite thinkers, coupled with some wise words from the man himself—such as his classic Twitter-thread-turned-essay “The Thinker and the Prover.”
Box of Stars
Which brings us to Edward Rooster, a prolific yet meticulous author, who guested on Infinite Loops in March of this year. For over a year now, Ed has been studying the intersection of history and technology through a magical realism, publishing stories and chapters on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis via his Substack.
Now, under the aegis of Infinite Books, Ed is stitching together his chapters and fitting them along the spine of his first novel: Box of Stars. It’s a novel that not only reimagines the future, but the past and present—a perfect companion for White Mirror on the sci-fi section of your bookshelf.
White Mirror
Infinite Books has many more thoughts and thinkers in the pipeline, however. In July of 2023 we ran a short story contest entitled White Mirror, encouraging writers to submit their fictionalized (and idealized) visions of humanity’s future. The winner was a writer who goes by the name of Tinkered Thinking.
As we speak, already armed with a cult following on Twitter and two collections of short stories to his name, Tinkered Thinking is working on his third. The title? You guessed it. With White Mirror, which stands to be Infinite Books’ first foray into the world of storytelling, Tinkered Thinking promises to leave an indelible mark—an indelibly protopian mark—on the genre of science fiction. The future can’t come fast enough.
Born To Fit Out
While Edward Rooster’s and Tinkered Thinking’s stories transport us to the stars, our next publication begins in the streets. Condemned as a child to poverty, gang violence, and homelessness, the odds of David Rhoiney making it to adulthood at times appeared slim. The odds of escaping poverty seemed slimmer still. Twenty-five years later, David’s career defies belief. Now a qualified robotic surgeon, he has also excelled as a Division I athlete in basketball and sprinting, a U.S. Navy cryptologist, a financial educator, a public speaker, and a web designer and developer.
Penned by OSV team member Ed William, this biography is a story of ambition, sacrifice, intelligence, ruthlessness, resilience, hubris, loss, and, ultimately, hope.
Max Reisner is a hardware engineer with a focus on electromechanical systems and a passion for the environment. He will use his grant to continue developing adaptable battery systems to simplify the process of incorporating renewable energy storage into products for small teams.
Justh is a singer-songwriter creating original Hindi songs with poetic lyricism as their backbone. He will use his grant to write new music and complete production work on his existing songs.
Akhil Tolani’s work focuses on building products that use experimental technologies like artificial intelligence for the mainstream audience. He will use his grant to continue working on CassetteAI, which fuses generative AI with music to democratize music creation, allowing everyone to create and listen to music they love based on their preferences.
Jack Oswald is a rocket propulsion engineer and entrepreneur dedicated to a human future in space. His startup aims to develop powerful electric propulsion on-orbit to make reusable spacecraft and enable Moon and Mars missions that aren’t feasible today. Oswald will contribute his grant to the proof-of-concept test of this technology.
Ben Reinhardt is the founder of Speculative Technologies, a new kind of research organization working to unlock materials and manufacturing technologies. Reinhardt will use his grant to continue building Speculative Technologies.
Infinite Books
Two Thoughts
2023 will mark the launch of Infinite Books. The flagship publication? Two Thoughts by our very own Jim O’Shaughnessy. The tradition that is Two Thoughts began on the 28th of December, 2020, with a throwaway tweet by Jim that read as follows:
Two thoughts from Buckminster Fuller:
‘There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.’ ‘Don’t fight forces, use them.’
Since then, Two Thoughts has become a daily institution. What was once two thoughts has become two thousand: a compendium of wisdom, which will—at long last—realize its butterfly-status in book form. Two Thoughts will take the reader through a selection of 365 of Jim’s favorite thinkers, coupled with some wise words from the man himself—such as his classic Twitter-thread-turned-essay “The Thinker and the Prover.”
Box of Stars
Which brings us to Edward Rooster, a prolific yet meticulous author, who guested on Infinite Loops in March of this year. For over a year now, Ed has been studying the intersection of history and technology through a magical realism, publishing stories and chapters on a weekly (sometimes daily) basis via his Substack.
Now, under the aegis of Infinite Books, Ed is stitching together his chapters and fitting them along the spine of his first novel: Box of Stars. It’s a novel that not only reimagines the future, but the past and present—a perfect companion for White Mirror on the sci-fi section of your bookshelf.
White Mirror
Infinite Books has many more thoughts and thinkers in the pipeline, however. In July of 2023 we ran a short story contest entitled White Mirror, encouraging writers to submit their fictionalized (and idealized) visions of humanity’s future. The winner was a writer who goes by the name of Tinkered Thinking.
As we speak, already armed with a cult following on Twitter and two collections of short stories to his name, Tinkered Thinking is working on his third. The title? You guessed it. With White Mirror, which stands to be Infinite Books’ first foray into the world of storytelling, Tinkered Thinking promises to leave an indelible mark—an indelibly protopian mark—on the genre of science fiction. The future can’t come fast enough.
Born To Fit Out
While Edward Rooster’s and Tinkered Thinking’s stories transport us to the stars, our next publication begins in the streets. Condemned as a child to poverty, gang violence, and homelessness, the odds of David Rhoiney making it to adulthood at times appeared slim. The odds of escaping poverty seemed slimmer still. Twenty-five years later, David’s career defies belief. Now a qualified robotic surgeon, he has also excelled as a Division I athlete in basketball and sprinting, a U.S. Navy cryptologist, a financial educator, a public speaker, and a web designer and developer.
Penned by OSV team member Ed William, this biography is a story of ambition, sacrifice, intelligence, ruthlessness, resilience, hubris, loss, and, ultimately, hope.
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