3 ms·Douglas Hofstadter also contributed to Metafont, which is the 80s version of the MeTaVeRsE.by lozenge 5y agoDouglas Hofstadter also contributed to Metafont, which is the 80s version of the MeTaVeRsE.tdeck 5y agoIn that it sounded cool to tech people, but other more traditional approaches to doing the same thing ended up being much more successful?lozenge 5y agoThat's one meterpretation. I still haven't met a tech person who thought the metaverse sounded cool, though...tdeck 5y agoIf they're on HN they're certainly keeping quiet about it.ojbyrne 5y agoHe also had a book called “Metamagical Themas.” (Anagram of “Mathematical Games”)