07 October 2004

Oxymoronica

Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools: "At the bottom of reality lies a paradox: self-created creation, either the universe or God. This conundrum of self-causation afflicts all life and consciousness and great art. Occasionally the recursive nature of our existence is captured by a simple witty loop. Here is a fine collection of hundreds of highly evolved self-cancelling/self-generating circuits, called oxymoronics. This handsome and intelligent book is classic cybernetics. I use these witticisms as meditative koans."
Looks like the kind of book I'd like to receive for a Christmas present ... [hint to relatives!]
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Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom...

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