Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jun 25, 2016Why? I kinda like it. The end of history is finally starting properly, in real earnest. #AtemporalityFTWQuote Tweetpourmecoffee@pourmecoffee·Jun 24, 2016I hope 2016 doesn't get renewed. The plot is ridiculous and none of the characters are likable.3210
Will Bickford@wbic16·Jun 25, 2016Replying to @vgrNow that we have a living record, history is really just time-delayed low-fidelity immutable reality.12
Will Bickford@wbic16·Jun 25, 2016Replying to @vgrStrange loops all the way down. Best part is how those impact future thoughts. Huge expansion in possible avenues and insights.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jun 25, 2016Replying to @wbic16Deja's bu ain't what it used to be. It's all fractal and shit now.😞21
Will Bickford@wbic16·Jun 25, 2016Replying to @vgrWe are the swarm, or is it Galaxia? I/we/they forget. Sharding thought patterns into buffers. Turtles, we need more turtles!11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @wbic16I was just considering whole Foundation series to read again on Kindle for $43...another kind of deja vu...5:38 AM · Jun 25, 20161 Like
Will Bickford@wbic16·Jun 25, 2016Replying to @vgrI just read it for the first time last year, on advice from my twitter feed. The anachronisms are pretty sweet: newspapers and rockets.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jun 25, 2016Replying to @wbic16I read in high school. Still really impressive feat of hard sci-fi world building. Hasn't been matched. Later stuff is more fantasy.12