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Kurt Vonnegut is one of that rare academics to be able to entertain and teach at the same time. (Not that this attribute is any more common outside academia) T
by Hokusai 6y ago
Kurt Vonnegut is one of that rare academics to be able to entertain and teach at the same time. (Not that this attribute is any more common outside academia)
The shape of stories is a very good pedagogical tool to understand narrative, a nice complement to the Hero's Journey. It makes it more intuitive and easier to apply to other story structures, and even to see different approaches from different cultures.
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
- sitkack 6y agoI'd love to see a conversation between Vonnegut and Hofstadter with John Cleese as the MC. There is this atomic purity when you come across someone who ruthlessly wants to drive at the truth. Not be right. Not have power. Not project their aesthetic. Nothing but the truth. That is the kind of person I aspire to be.