Anmol

Amateur enthusiast and tinkerer | Technology & Society | Literature, Philosophy and the Condition
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[Anmol @nmlpdl]

@baibhavbista You should read Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett, where this exact scenario plays out. Something of quality is lost by the endless machinization and scaling of agriculture.

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@pratignoramus Why I love Morrowind:
- Go kill a god immediately
- Giant bugs you can ride, mushroom houses, a wizard falling from the sky
- Going from doing random errands and participating in local town intrigue to becoming the leader of a great cultural house and dethroning 4(?) d(emi)gods

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@JSRathi_ Fiction ones:
The Angel of Vine
The orbiting human circus
Within the wires
Welcome to Night Vale

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@Jennifer_NM @waitbutwhy @pratikHluitel

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In the (possibly near) future, sth like GPT3 + OSM + EarthEngine is going to be wild.

You say 'find forested hilltops at least 3 km far from any roads and villages but not in a protected area' or 'if river X floods, what towns and how many people are affected?' and get answers.

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You might be swayed completely, disdain the style or fully reject the accusations laid against the modern world - but I believe it's still illuminating in terms of ideas voiced, but not given structure elsewhere in public discourse.

A difficult read, but recommended.

[Anmol @nmlpdl]

Iain McGilchrist's 'The Master and His Emissary' is not a book without its flaws and some sections can feel rambling/repetitive (also, the footnotes seem endless).

Still, it feels like the most important book I've read this year (till now).

A thread 🧵

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There are definite criticisms to be had against it (esp. flippant praise of Orientalism for being hemisphere-balanced), and many parts can even be labeled 'unscientific', although that is sort of one of the points of the book.

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@pratikHluitel Yes, especially due to lockdown 2.0

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Bo Burnham's Inside is a work of genius by a deranged lunatic that I never want to have the pleasure of watching again.

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@JSRathi17 Undecided.

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@pratikHluitel No this https://t.co/jJL96S9aqx

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Music befitting today's weather - https://t.co/QqGaiIhnu0

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@JSRathi17 At least it's not random noodles in place of aglio e olio 😢