I spent half this story going, “Okay… so where’s the point… good story and all, but what’s the lesson we learn...”
Then I got to the end, and was completely caught off guard. Apparently I haven’t internalized enough of the ideas in Eliezer’s work yet, because I really feel like I should have seen that one coming, based (in hindsight) on his previous writings.
I’m glad you wrote this comment because I gave up on the post about 75% of the way in. Then I read your comment and went back and finished it, and liked the twist.
I spent half this story going, “Okay… so where’s the point… good story and all, but what’s the lesson we learn...”
Then I got to the end, and was completely caught off guard. Apparently I haven’t internalized enough of the ideas in Eliezer’s work yet, because I really feel like I should have seen that one coming, based (in hindsight) on his previous writings.
I’m glad you wrote this comment because I gave up on the post about 75% of the way in. Then I read your comment and went back and finished it, and liked the twist.