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calvincreates 's review for:
Artificial: A Love Story
by Amy Kurzweil
It stands out so obviously when someone writes about the challenges of their life when every single one of their needs and wants are met. Personally, this has always been an issue with me reading philosophy, which I acknowledge- I don't CARE what the meaning, the purpose, the breakdown of life is. I cannot imagine living in a way where you are so concerned about conceptual existence when you have a choice between living in two homes each full of family. It feels so... blind.
Speaking of blind, there are so many pages that are unreadable. Repetition for the sake of style or making a point about computers/data is one thing, but pages and pages of microscopically different faces and walls of text just loses the point made in the book section. Most pages don't have numbers because of the sheer amount of text and ink filling in all the white space. I was so curious about the history of the author and her family, but I'm not sure if it was a technical issue with scanning the documents or just poor design, it's so difficult to sort through visually.
My takeaway from this is that the author needs a better editor and a step outside the tech-world bubble. Talk to a neighbor and feel, instead of just taking in and regurgitating data.
Speaking of blind, there are so many pages that are unreadable. Repetition for the sake of style or making a point about computers/data is one thing, but pages and pages of microscopically different faces and walls of text just loses the point made in the book section. Most pages don't have numbers because of the sheer amount of text and ink filling in all the white space. I was so curious about the history of the author and her family, but I'm not sure if it was a technical issue with scanning the documents or just poor design, it's so difficult to sort through visually.
My takeaway from this is that the author needs a better editor and a step outside the tech-world bubble. Talk to a neighbor and feel, instead of just taking in and regurgitating data.