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Go Surface

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Originally Posted by Big Punisher
I'm still working on 1984. I just can't seem to get into it.

I have the same problem with Catch-22. That book can go to hell-er.

Rereading Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life and just started Notes From Underground.
 

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yeah i have that problem with a lot of books including catch-22. it was amusing enough just didn't get into it. working on kavalier and clay as well as sams teach yourself php right now
 

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Originally Posted by GoSurface
I'm reading The Sound and the Fury and The Brothers Karamazov (Almost finished).

As far as The Sound and the Fury is concerned, I'm still trying to figure out why Caddy 'smells like trees.' I have an idea, but I'm not too sure.


Benjy is marsupialed so I wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to take him literally.
 

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Originally Posted by Mauro
I am reading " to kill a mocking bird" so far it is a real yawner

Frankly, I don't see what all the fuss is about.
 

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Originally Posted by johnapril
Benjy is marsupialed so I wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to take him literally.

lol

Currently reading The Singularity is Near. So far, it is way repetitive (Moore's law, Moore's law, Moore's law) and lacks rigor. But I like thinking about the possibilities that the future might bring in terms of technology and its effects on society, like thinking about winning the lottery.

Does anyone have any recommendations for some philosophy of technology/AI books of more substance?
 

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Originally Posted by GoSurface
As far as The Sound and the Fury is concerned, I'm still trying to figure out why Caddy 'smells like trees.' I have an idea, but I'm not too sure.

IIRC she stops smelling like trees after she starts **********.
 

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Originally Posted by johnapril
Benjy is marsupialed so I wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to take him literally.

Yes, but it's also William Faulkner, so there's got to be some sort of significance. And, I wasn't taking anything literally, but, I think the fact that he states that Caddy continuously smells like trees (As a virgin) has a weight that belies his mental challenges. It's an abstraction, but they almost have to be because he can't mentally process his thoughts in a way that are recognizable.

What can be shown cannot be said!

- Wittgenstein
 

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Originally Posted by GoSurface
Yes, but it's also William Faulkner, so there's got to be some sort of significance. And, I wasn't taking anything literally, but, I think the fact that he states that Caddy continuously smells like trees (As a virgin) has a weight that belies his mental challenges. It's an abstraction, but they almost have to be because he can't mentally process his thoughts in a way that are recognizable. What can be shown cannot be said! - Wittgenstein
Quoting Wittgenstein...! Rach must be creaming his panties.
 

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Kavalier and Klay fell apart when WWII hits. Chabon writes beautifully about being young and stupid, but I never get on with him when he tries to tackle Big Themes.

Just started Richard Price's Bloodbrothers.
 

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Originally Posted by milosz
Kavalier and Klay fell apart when WWII hits. Chabon writes beautifully about being young and stupid, but I never get on with him when he tries to tackle Big Themes. Just started Richard Price's Bloodbrothers.
Let me know how that is. I loved Lush Life.
 

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Originally Posted by Dedalus
lol

Currently reading The Singularity is Near. So far, it is way repetitive (Moore's law, Moore's law, Moore's law) and lacks rigor. But I like thinking about the possibilities that the future might bring in terms of technology and its effects on society, like thinking about winning the lottery.

Does anyone have any recommendations for some philosophy of technology/AI books of more substance?


not really AI and singularity - but more future biological technology type stuff
Fukuyama - Our Posthuman Future
Lee Silver - Challenging Nature
 

Dedalus

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Originally Posted by delirium
not really AI and singularity - but more future biological technology type stuff
Fukuyama - Our Posthuman Future
Lee Silver - Challenging Nature


Fukuyama the neocon guy? Huh. I'll definitely have to check these out.
 

johnapril

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Originally Posted by GoSurface
Yes, but it's also William Faulkner, so there's got to be some sort of significance. And, I wasn't taking anything literally, but, I think the fact that he states that Caddy continuously smells like trees (As a virgin) has a weight that belies his mental challenges. It's an abstraction, but they almost have to be because he can't mentally process his thoughts in a way that are recognizable.

What can be shown cannot be said!

- Wittgenstein


Literal and significant aren't connected at the hip. Embrace the universe Faulkner created, as he created it, for a more productive reading.
 

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