The chapter explores the quest for meaning and hope in a chaotic universe of infinite books, reflecting on the mystical and philosophical aspects of Borges' library. It delves into the characters' reactions to the existence of a distant librarian and the hypothetical book that holds all answers. The discussion navigates between the loneliness of limited interactions in a vast universe and the search for profundity in the expansive collection of books.
David and Tamler try to wrap their heads around Jorge Luis Borges' “The Library of Babel†– a short story about a universe/library that contains every possible book with every possible combination of characters. How many books would this library contain? Would some of the books justify our lives (if we could find them)? Can we know whether a book is deeply meaningful or deeply misleading? Why are the librarians so alone and so consumed with anguish? Wouldn’t we all just end up just looking for the porn books? Plus, we talk about the ethics of doing research on data drawn from the Ashley Madison leak. Life is short, listen to this episode.
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