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EP.14 Andrew Hui on aphorisms and the universal library

Aug 11, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
What's Your Background? Andrew Whay
01:44 • 2min
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3
How I Become a Literary Critic
03:56 • 4min
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The Most Memorable Experience I Have Had Was on an Aeroplane
07:31 • 3min
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5
Are You a Philosopher?
10:31 • 5min
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Monuments Functioning as Collective Memory
15:54 • 6min
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The Universal Library
21:36 • 5min
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How Do Libraries Combine Data and Parentheses?
26:18 • 2min
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Is a Way to Build Identity
28:33 • 5min
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Are You Addicting Too Many Novels?
33:18 • 3min
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Is There Anything You'd Like to Add to the Conversation?
35:49 • 2min
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The Cozy Web Versus the Public Podiums
38:11 • 3min
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In this episode, Ida speaks with Andrew Hui about ruins and monuments functioning as collective memory. They discuss fragments, aphorisms, and humanity’s attempt at collective intelligence through the universal library. They also talk about how classifying knowledge means shaping the world, the pursuit of knowledge as a way to build identity, and what it means to read (and what it means to read too much). 

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