Is There a Borgesian Hint of Unreliability in the Story?

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There's nothing in the story like a Borgesian hint of unreliability here. Not if you know that he's a smart guy and that these are me sick. So yeah, so I'm giving him the benefit of doubt because of anxiety is the disease of freedom. You could read it straightforwardly but the way it's described just doesn't seem plausible to me. Like this seems like a fidget spinner. It'll be something that'll be like it'll be trendy for like two months and then people will just get over it.

Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence of alternate universes have any bearing on freedom and responsibility? David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” along with another very short piece by Chiang called “What’s Expected of Us” that was first published in Nature.

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