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Yet another pop science book where economists try to convince you that they came up with a basic concept. This time: statistical variation.
Ringing in the century that shall create the material means for both great artistic output and great ambiguity in art, Conrad's psychological novel bridges the 19th and 20th centuries, marrying romantic moralism to modern inscrutability. A slog in parts but well worth it.
6.0/10.
The absolute state of contemporary science fiction. A Goodreads book through and through.
Undoubtedly the best of his writings: well-paced and entreating all sorts of speculations. Its only categorical flaw is his overuse of ‘decadence' to hammer in his theme of civilisational decline.
