aghuang 1 day ago

Would like to know the thoughts of others around this book who are looking at this in 2026 vs 2009.

alabut 1 day ago

Reminds me of the Butlerian Jihad in Dune and how the anti-ai revolt led to the rise of human thinking machines. They're the ones that roll back their eyes in the movies when they're calculating.

  • euroderf 1 day ago

    In the Lynch version the mentat Thufir has a short rap where he is getting the house's defensive systems in order. Cool stuff.

    "Sector six-eighty, copy the sixth the sum of the eighth quadrant of the ninth plus eight-four circles weave the eighth quarter the fourth, copy!"