Jurassic Park

Fun and surprising relevant read in today's context. It's difficult when reading this story not to see parallels with all the stories that are making the news today, from Theranos trial to the revelation of the disregard of Facebook/Meta on the consequence of their software on our children's mental health.

Some interesting quotes...

“What child won't want a little dinosaur as a pet? A little patented animal for their own. InGen will sell millions of them. And InGen will engineer them so that these pet dinosaurs can only eat InGen pet food...“

“The idea of living creatures being numbered like software, being subject to updates and revisions, troubled Grant. He could not exactly say why—it was too new a thought—but he was instinctively uneasy about it. They were, after all, living creatures.”

“Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something. They conveniently define such considerations as pointless. If they don't do it, someone else will. Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first.”

I was always curious about this book, and I'm so mad at myself for not reading it before. This novel had a fast paced story with lots of stuff to think about, and a good dose of science, I mean, what else could I ask! However, what kept me from giving it 5 stars were those kids, specially Lex. That kid was extremely annoying, and I couldn't stand her in any chapter. If that was Crichton's goal with that character, congrats! He made one of the worst kids on literature! Without Lex, the story would have been perfect. She's such a brat I couldn't help but dislike her. Besides her, I think the book is awesome!