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After 742 pages and even after having written the paragraphs above, I still struggle with a simple answer to the question: “What is this book about?” The best I

After 742 pages and even after having written the paragraphs above, I still struggle with a simple answer to the question: “What is this book about?” The best I can come up with is that GEB equips you with mental models to contemplate philosophy. No thanks. I'm not reading a book that even its fans can't adequately explain.

kragen 3y ago
if there was a simple answer to the question, hofstadter either wouldn't have needed 742 pages to answer it, or needing to do so would show that he was a terrible writer, but in fact he's a great writer and he did need them
- drcwpl 3y ago
  Very true