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An incredible piece of work. Shaped my life trajectory in many ways. Introduced me to thinkers like Daniel Dennett and Stanislaw Lem. Every generation or so a
by danbmil99 4y ago
An incredible piece of work. Shaped my life trajectory in many ways. Introduced me to thinkers like Daniel Dennett and Stanislaw Lem.
Every generation or so a book comes along that, in retrospect, seems almost clairvoyant. This is one of those books.
- pjmorris 4y agoI was introduced to both Dennett and Lem through 'The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul', an anthology edited by Hofstadter and Dennett that I chanced upon in the university library. I recognized Hofstadter from GEB. I found 'I' very digestible, I admit that I still haven't finished GEB. It beckons me from the bookshelf.
- danbmil99 4y agoOther posters correct, those authors were mentioned in the Mind's I, but I never would have read that unless I started with GDB
- danbmil99 4y agoG. E. B.