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Enjoyed Flowers for Algernon. Wrote some quick thoughts on interpretations that stood out: - Expecting humility - Emotional maturity needing to scale with IQ - Personal growth (are others rooting for us?) - Sisyphean self-improvement vs transhumanism

John Backus’s review of Flowers for Algernon

Very sad but thought provoking book. This is less a review and more a dumping ground for my thoughts. I'll summarize the book in case anyone is reading this review without having read it. Summary...

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Not yet but

has been recommending Chiang to me for years so I really have no excuse

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I’m sure I’ll be evangelizing it by next year and kicking myself for not reading it earlier lol

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Ditto this; the fact that they’re so short makes the experience even more striking!

4:23 AM · Nov 4, 2018Twitter for iPhone