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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Full disclosure: I didn’t quite make it to half way in my second reading of this book.
I remember liking this book but not quite getting it or reading it carefully enough. This time, I just find it a bit self-indulgent: there are some interesting ideas, but it takes him awhile to get there.
Either the book or I haven’t aged well. If you’re really interested in Godel’s proof of incompleteness, read the Nagel instead. It may take a few hacks, but I felt like I got it better than working through this on again.
I remember liking this book but not quite getting it or reading it carefully enough. This time, I just find it a bit self-indulgent: there are some interesting ideas, but it takes him awhile to get there.
Either the book or I haven’t aged well. If you’re really interested in Godel’s proof of incompleteness, read the Nagel instead. It may take a few hacks, but I felt like I got it better than working through this on again.