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 ("Lions" is one of _those_ books, one that I got totally lost in to the point of neglecting e'thing else in life!)
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@mikejohnstn@ahandvanish A followup thought occurred to me tonight. Hope you don't mind if I share :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mikejohnstn@ahandvanish It's that systems can, done well, provide enormously powerful narrative forces. -
@michael_nielsen@mikejohnstn I think that's certainly true! To me stories about systems naturally involve more complexity and nuance too... - 4 more replies
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@mikejohnstn@ahandvanish "Lions" is the story of three very strong individuals, three very strong systems, and the collision between thoseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mikejohnstn@ahandvanish 6 elements. The tension between individuals and systems is heart-breaking, and lends it much of its powerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mikejohnstn@ahandvanish and structural complexity. A similar account could be given of "The Wire".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen@ahandvanish I'll check Lions out as well!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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