Labyrinths
Jorge Luis Borges
5 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2010–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
Anyone interested in information theory, intelligence (artificial or otherwise), many-worlds interpretations of quantum mechanics, metafiction, the nature of art, or even probabilistic sequence modeling should read Borges’ short stories.
This is kind of a quirky collection of short stories that are all mindbenders of one variety or another. The best description I can give of Borges is that reading him is kind of like solving puzzles.
masterful explorations of time, thought, infinity... certain passages of this collection surface in my mind on a weekly basis
Where it comes up
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