I’m writing up something longer, but it’s slow going. In the meantime, I’ve got reams of thoughts and notes to mine. And since a few people actually read this (extremely shocking), and I feel undying loyalty to each of you, what would you be interested in getting some more thoughts around? Think of questions you’d ask ChatGPT about the novel, if it was absurdly and specifically trained on Anathem.
Asamocras? (auction theory, “reputon”)
Broader base of etymology of names and places?
The symbolic/metaphorical salience of astronomy to the narrative?
Something else?
An exploration of Old Orth. I heard someone’s creating it from the information in the book??
A timeline of Arbre'e history. Where possible, show the downwick implications on our world.
Maybe something similar for philosophers and schools of thought.