How would you compare 'On Intelligence' with 'How to Create a Mind'?
Good question. I felt like there was some significant overlap between the two, and I think that's borne out by commentary from other people who have read both. I think a few people have even accused Kurzweil of borrowing a little too freely from Hawkins' HTM idea. But, to my mind, they complement each other well. Between the two, you get a strong dose of case for thinking of the human mind's primary algorithm being some form of pattern-matching.
For anybody who is interested in AI topics, and who hasn't read either or both of those, I'd really recommend reading both.
On Intelligence - Jeff Hawkins
How To Create A Mind - Ray Kurzweil
The Language Instinct - Steven Pinker
The Origin of Wealth - Eric Beinhocker
The Signal and the Noise - Nate Silver
The Money Culture - Michael Lewis
Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations - David Warsh
Smart Machines: IBM's Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing - John E. Kelly III and Steve Hamm
The Idea Factory - Jon Gertner
Winning The Knowledge Transfer Race - Michael J. English and William H. Baker
Wellsprings of Knowledge - Dorothy Leonard-Barton
If Only We Knew What We Know - Carla O'dell and C. Jackson Grayson
Started, but haven't finished yet:
The Discipline of Market Leaders - Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema
Marketing Warfare - Jack Trout and Al Ries
Naked Statistics - Charles Wheelan
Wiki Management - Rod Collins
Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal - Ayn Rand
Fiction:
NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
The first four books in the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
Innocence - Dean Koontz
Deeply Odd - Dean Koontz
Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
The Black List - Brad Thor
Most of The New Lovecraft Circle - an anthology of Lovecraft mythos stories by contemporary writers
And started re-reading Asimov's Foundation last night. I've read the original trilogy before, but this time I intend to read all seven books. But I'm starting with Foundation and going to the end, before going back to the prequels.