Reading: https://www.amazon.com/Aurora-Kim-Stanley-Robinson-ebook/dp/B00NERQRPI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1462644469&sr=1-1&keywords=aurora … Narrative stories are - perhaps ironically - a great vehicle for thinking about systems. HT @ahandvanish
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@michael_nielsen@ahandvanish Can you elaborate? Is it the AI character? Haven't read it, and wasn't clear from the book's description
@mikejohnstn @ahandvanish Basically, it's a different underlying model of causality. I really, really enjoy systems narratives.
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@michael_nielsen@ahandvanish Ah, The Wire is a fine example. I'll add Aurora to my queue. Very relevant to@moatboat (my current project) -
@mikejohnstn@ahandvanish Looking forward to seeing how@moatboat is progressing.
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@michael_nielsen@mikejohnstn That's an excellent summary/insight! I've added 'Lions' to my book list now as well :) -
@ahandvanish@mikejohnstn :-) Thanks for the Aurora rec, I'm enjoying it! - 1 more reply
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