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I think you may have not entirely understood where he was going with that. It's a metaphor for entropy. It's actually a much more poignant and beautiful topic t
by wyager 10y ago
I think you may have not entirely understood where he was going with that. It's a metaphor for entropy. It's actually a much more poignant and beautiful topic than something as short-term and universally inconsequential as climate change on earth.
- ajmurmann 10y agoThat is indeed a more interesting interpretation. Thank you for making this already great story even greater to me!
- syncsynchalt 10y agoAlso a metaphor for the Simulation Hypothesis!
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- joggery 10y agoI like the way the narrator-hero is trapped in a sinister bell jar world and yet works optimistically to improve his knowledge of it. Regardless of outcome he sees no malevolence built into reality.
- klodolph 10y agoMore than a metaphor, it is actually about entropy.
- sangnoir 10y ago> It's actually a much more poignant and beautiful topic than something as short-term and universally inconsequential as climate change on earth. I disagree- these mechanical people are well-nigh immortal and will leave to see the end of their world, no one alive today on earth will live to see the heat death of the universe. However, we might just get to experience the effects of climate change. The beauty of literature is we can both the right - our interpretations of the work is what matters. Additionally, while they are inspired by them,authors do not necessarily do a 1:1 mapping of real world issues to their stories
- wyager 10y agoDo you remember how they were talking about pressure equalization or looking for other universes that existed at a lower pressure? It's a pretty direct mapping from the story to (neg)entropy; it's not related to climate change except in the very vaguest sense.