GEB - Tag - David Feng https://davidfeng.us/tags/geb/ GEB - Tag - David Feng Hugo -- gohugo.ioendavid.feng.ge@gmail.com (David Feng) david.feng.ge@gmail.com (David Feng)Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:31:06 -0400 GEB Reading Notes #2 — Chapters 1 and 2 https://davidfeng.us/posts/2026/10/geb-2/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:31:06 -0400 David Feng https://davidfeng.us/posts/2026/10/geb-2/ (Translated from the Chinese version with the help of ChatGPT.)

Following the music recommendation, I listened to the first piece of The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: the three-part ricercar.

The dialogue Three-Part Invention features three characters: Achilles, the Tortoise, and Zeno. Here are a few of the jokes and references:

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Last weekend, I dropped my son off at a classmate’s birthday party. As expected, the kids had a blast, running around until they were sweaty and exhausted. What I didn’t expect was to have such a stimulating conversation with another parent. We talked about AI, work, philosophy, the self, and so on.

At one point, I asked him, “Have you read GEB?”

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