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It was mentioned as a rereading of a favorite book of the speaker's, who found its ideas about the universe and an infinite library of books appealing, particularly in a short story called 'The Library of Babel'.
I've been rereading Jorge Luis Borges Labyrinthos or labyrinths. He's my favorite author and the moment that we ever think we have the world organized I just read about one of my favorite short storie...
— Episode: 252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician
Episode: 252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician
It was mentioned as a rereading of a favorite book of the speaker's, who found its ideas about the universe and an infinite library of books appealing, particularly in a short story called 'The Library of Babel'.
I've been rereading Jorge Luis Borges Labyrinthos or labyrinths. He's my favorite author and the moment that we ever think we have the world organized I just read about one of my favorite short stories and it is the library of Babel which says that the universe essentially is a set of interconnected hexagonal rooms of books and Every book that could ever be written in every combination of words and every language is in this infinite library And I love that as an idea.