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6. The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling
"Our memories are not the impartial accumulation of every second we’ve lived; they’re the narrative that we assembled out of selected moments... even when we’ve experienced the same events as other individuals, we never constructed identical narratives: the criteria used for selecting moments were different for each of us, and a reflection of our personalities."
— 5 hours, 25 min ago
"Our memories are not the impartial accumulation of every second we’ve lived; they’re the narrative that we assembled out of selected moments... even when we’ve experienced the same events as other individuals, we never constructed identical narratives: the criteria used for selecting moments were different for each of us, and a reflection of our personalities."
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Lee Shain
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5. Dacey's patent Automatic Nanny
"You misunderstand me... my efforts to confirm his thesis would have been a testament to his influence, no matter what my results. But because I am Reginald Dacey’s son, I have disproved his thesis twice over, because my entire life has been a demonstration of the impact a father’s attention can have on his son."
One of my least favorites, like, I got the point, but it was boring
— 5 hours, 32 min ago
"You misunderstand me... my efforts to confirm his thesis would have been a testament to his influence, no matter what my results. But because I am Reginald Dacey’s son, I have disproved his thesis twice over, because my entire life has been a demonstration of the impact a father’s attention can have on his son."
One of my least favorites, like, I got the point, but it was boring
Lee Shain
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4. The lifecycle of Software Objects
"She initiates the game's shutdown procedure and calls Jax on the intercom. -Playtime's over Jax- she says. -Time to do your homework-"
I feel that this story could be told in a fewer pages. Either way it was good, they started as simple "apps" and ended up as humans... my god.
— 5 hours, 53 min ago
"She initiates the game's shutdown procedure and calls Jax on the intercom. -Playtime's over Jax- she says. -Time to do your homework-"
I feel that this story could be told in a fewer pages. Either way it was good, they started as simple "apps" and ended up as humans... my god.
Lee Shain
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3. What's expected of us
"It’s essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know that they don’t. The reality isn’t important: what’s important is your belief... Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has."
This one blew my mind. Does free will actually exist?
— 6 hours, 4 min ago
"It’s essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know that they don’t. The reality isn’t important: what’s important is your belief... Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has."
This one blew my mind. Does free will actually exist?
Lee Shain
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2. Exhalation
"I said that air is not the source of life. Air can neither be created nor destroyed; the total amount of air in the universe remains constant, and if air were all that we needed to live, we would never die"
"Will it be preferable to remain mute to prolong our ability to think, or to talk until the very end? I don’t know"
I am amazed at how a story can be made from a concept as "simple" as exhalation
— 6 hours, 8 min ago
"I said that air is not the source of life. Air can neither be created nor destroyed; the total amount of air in the universe remains constant, and if air were all that we needed to live, we would never die"
"Will it be preferable to remain mute to prolong our ability to think, or to talk until the very end? I don’t know"
I am amazed at how a story can be made from a concept as "simple" as exhalation
Lee Shain
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1. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate.
"My journey to the past had changed nothing, but what I had learned had changed everything, and I understood that it could not have been otherwise."
"Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness."
Wow, such a simple message delivered in just a perfect way.
I would really like to see a TV show about this kind of time travel.
— Nov 07, 2026 12:35PM
"My journey to the past had changed nothing, but what I had learned had changed everything, and I understood that it could not have been otherwise."
"Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness."
Wow, such a simple message delivered in just a perfect way.
I would really like to see a TV show about this kind of time travel.