MIT Godel Escher Bach Lecture 1

I personally found it 'heavy'. There's a lot to think about and take in. As it's not like reading typical technical books or papers. There's a great charm/fun and cleverness once things fall into place. There's an excellent MIT course for it. All the Lectures on Youtube as well. link link to this video

MIT had a course on the book with recordings on YouTube. They’re great to watch as you work through the book: link to this video

> "...interesting trend in our discourse..." > "...more and more moralizing and virtue signaling. So much ... "motivation porn"..." > "..aspirational message - imagine yourself rich, happy, driving a Lamborghini.." > "...too many people have come to see reading as a lofty..." > "reading is just a hobby" > "Making it into such a self-serious pursuit kills most of the joy." > "...you read books, we all read books. Everybody poops, and everybody reads books." WHAT?? This comment is apoplectic with contradictory statements and false beliefs. What could possibly be accomplished by it? It's an unapologetic rant on reading and writing on, of all places, one of the most text focused news and discuss…