Reading Log

Tracking my reading journey, collecting interesting ideas, and sharing notes on books that shape my thinking.

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Pages
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Annotations
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The Glass Bead Game

Hermann Hesse
558p
Currently reading • 68% 12 annotations
The Game was not mere practice and mere recreation; it became a form of concentrated self-awareness for intellectuals.
Parallel to how programming can transcend its utilitarian origins to become a form of meditation and self-expression.
p. 284 2024-01-14

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Douglas Hofstadter
832p
Currently reading • 32% 8 annotations
Strange loops are inherent in any sufficiently complex system that can represent itself.
Consider implications for recursive systems and self-modifying code. Similar to quines?
p. 204 2024-01-12

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The Glass Bead Game
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Gödel, Escher, Bach
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