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The Odyssey, Moby Dick, Fire Upon the Deep.
by dekhn 1y ago
The Odyssey, Moby Dick, Fire Upon the Deep.
- JimTheMan 1y agoI'm interested in the why for each, if you've got the time to write it out.
- dekhn 1y agoThe odyssey because it's the basis function for most of western thought (wily male human outsmarts gods, witches, and suitors on a long journey home). The best implementation of the monomyth, imho. Moby Dick because it's not just a book about whaling, it's a book about world philosophy with crazy tangents. Fire Upon the Deep because it is the best representation of post-singularity technological implications. Was a big inspiration for me going into machine learning and biology.