With the help of AI, I have compiled a comprehensive list of reading materials. Here is what I'm reading.

Reading Track

My reading list

Books

Entangled Life reading
by Merlin Sheldrake
Stage 1
Best overview of fungal intelligence and networks. Gives the conceptual foundation for the entire theory
Plant Sensing and Communication pending
by Richard Karban
Stage 1
A scientific deep dive into plant signaling—electrical, chemical, behavioral.
Complexity: A Guided Tour pending
by Melanie Mitchell
Stage 1
The simplest entry into complexity science. Critical for attractors, networks, emergence.
Sync pending
by Steven Strogatz
Stage 1
Foundational for understanding oscillations, coherence, and synchronization—core to fungal + neural analogies.
Rhythms of the Brain pending
by György Buzsáki
Stage 2
The gold standard on oscillations, attractors, signal timing. This will sharpen your thinking on spike trains vs DC shifts.
The Free-Energy Principle: A Unified Brain Theory? pending
by Karl Friston
Stage 2
Papers, not a book. This is the conceptual foundation for 'internal modeling.' Your Year 6 milestone sits exactly here.