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Wow, first criticism I've ever heard of GEB. Finally got off my ass and purchased Pattern Language. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195019199 http://www.ama

• gruseom 15y ago
  That's the one. I hope you enjoy thumbing through it. The first thing from that book that caught my attention was his point about rooms feeling more alive when they have light coming in on two different sides. I've noticed that, or the lack of it, in just about every room ever since. Hofstadter? It's always the same grad-students-drinking-beer mentality: hey man, this thing is totally like that other thing. The connections seem profound, but are not, because they don't have deep roots in anything. The real tell is that nothing of great value ever comes out of this way of doing business (I mean this style, not H's work specifically). It's an intellectual sugar rush. But again, perhaps I am unfair.