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"A memory nagged at him—something he’d read years ago, that the initiate to the Orphic Rites in ancient Greece had to learn by heart for recitation after death. ‘I am a child of Earth and Starry Heaven. Give me to drink of…’
Of what? The waters of forgetfulness—or the waters of memory? One of the two; but he couldn’t remember which it had been. Yet the distinction was critical."
— Jul 13, 2026 11:48PM
Of what? The waters of forgetfulness—or the waters of memory? One of the two; but he couldn’t remember which it had been. Yet the distinction was critical."
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Sounds like society in After Atlas
"Where to go now? The answer seems to be ‘nowhere that we can realistically hope for’.
The assault that has been gaining momentum, of ecopolitical protest groups, implies a profoundly damaging psychological withdrawal from delimited boundaries. It would terminate Stage One w/o ushering in Stage Two. The result could only be apathy and decay on a planet-wide scale"
— Jul 14, 2026 01:54AM
"Where to go now? The answer seems to be ‘nowhere that we can realistically hope for’.
The assault that has been gaining momentum, of ecopolitical protest groups, implies a profoundly damaging psychological withdrawal from delimited boundaries. It would terminate Stage One w/o ushering in Stage Two. The result could only be apathy and decay on a planet-wide scale"
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Dotheboy's Hall, from Nicholas Nickelby. Now I get the reference. Makes me happy when things connect.
"What sort of grim Dotheboys Hall would Dorothy’s logic world have turned into, but for the warmth and kindliness of Lionel Rosson?"
— Jul 07, 2026 12:36AM
"What sort of grim Dotheboys Hall would Dorothy’s logic world have turned into, but for the warmth and kindliness of Lionel Rosson?"
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a conversation about speech processing, information in the brain>>
“...a permanent form isn’t practical for every single word—we only need remember the basic meaning. So you’ve got one level of information—that’s the actual words we use, on the surface of the mind. The other permanent level, deep down, contains highly abstract concepts—idea associations linked together network-style..."
— Jul 07, 2026 12:17AM
“...a permanent form isn’t practical for every single word—we only need remember the basic meaning. So you’ve got one level of information—that’s the actual words we use, on the surface of the mind. The other permanent level, deep down, contains highly abstract concepts—idea associations linked together network-style..."
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Very descriptive, can see this
"Africa. Those hot still evenings when the open louvres brought no air into their flat and the beer came warm from the overloaded icebox. The brightly-lit university buildings there on the hill, and the yellow glow of the city a dozen miles away by the sea, with the sticky darkness in between syncopated by the mutter of drums."
— Jul 03, 2026 09:13PM
"Africa. Those hot still evenings when the open louvres brought no air into their flat and the beer came warm from the overloaded icebox. The brightly-lit university buildings there on the hill, and the yellow glow of the city a dozen miles away by the sea, with the sticky darkness in between syncopated by the mutter of drums."