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0 pointskeiferski6y ago0 comments

Borges’ The Library of Babel works with similar ideas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel

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iudqnolq6y ago· 1 in thread

Sort of, although I think it doesn't allude to the exploitation of workers for something allegedly holy like the other two?

keiferskiOP6y ago

I guess. I found the Borges story infinitely richer and intellectually interesting. Kind of lends credence to the idea that Kubrick was the real genius behind 2001 (Clarke co-wrote the screenplay).

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