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Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 8, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

Culture war topics are accepted, and proposals for a better intro post are appreciated.

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The Beginning of Infinity, by David Deutsch.

About halfway through it. I'm not really sure what to make of it. It feels like a book very loosely in the spirit of Godel Escher Bach, playing around with how awesome the age of science and enlightenment is.

I'm reading it because Sam Altman said it inspired him more than anything else he's read.