Jacob Howland

Because that knowledge simply... It's complete. It's complete. And it's totally irrelevant what's happening here on Earth or anything like that.

My favorite is the Library of Babel, which is about this, the universe is a library, and the library has hexagonal cells, and every cell has X number of shelves, and every shelf has X number of books of exactly the same length, written in 23 characters, or 24, whatever it is, a certain number of letters, comma, period, space.

My favorite is the Library of Babel, which is about this, the universe is a library, and the library has hexagonal cells, and every cell has X number of shelves, and every shelf has X number of books of exactly the same length, written in 23 characters, or 24, whatever it is, a certain number of letters, comma, period, space.

My favorite is the Library of Babel, which is about this, the universe is a library, and the library has hexagonal cells, and every cell has X number of shelves, and every shelf has X number of books of exactly the same length, written in 23 characters, or 24, whatever it is, a certain number of letters, comma, period, space.

And it's inhabited by librarians, and they're looking through these books, and they're trying to find... some meaning, but there's- It's an infinite library. It's an infinite library. And by the way, the mathematicians have done the calculations on this. Yeah, yeah.

And it's inhabited by librarians, and they're looking through these books, and they're trying to find... some meaning, but there's- It's an infinite library. It's an infinite library. And by the way, the mathematicians have done the calculations on this. Yeah, yeah.

And it's inhabited by librarians, and they're looking through these books, and they're trying to find... some meaning, but there's- It's an infinite library. It's an infinite library. And by the way, the mathematicians have done the calculations on this. Yeah, yeah.

So anyway, and like the most coherent phrase in any book that any librarian, that this librarian who's narrating it knows, and he's gone all as far as he can, is something like, oh, time thy pyramids, right? So everyone starts looking for books because they realize like, There's, you know, I want to find something that will explain the meaning of my life or my purpose or something.

So anyway, and like the most coherent phrase in any book that any librarian, that this librarian who's narrating it knows, and he's gone all as far as he can, is something like, oh, time thy pyramids, right? So everyone starts looking for books because they realize like, There's, you know, I want to find something that will explain the meaning of my life or my purpose or something.

So anyway, and like the most coherent phrase in any book that any librarian, that this librarian who's narrating it knows, and he's gone all as far as he can, is something like, oh, time thy pyramids, right? So everyone starts looking for books because they realize like, There's, you know, I want to find something that will explain the meaning of my life or my purpose or something.

And then the fundamental proposition of the library is formulated, which is that any book that is possible is actual in the library. In other words, any, and you know, they can use like a million characters or something. So any combination of characters exists. That means that there is a book in this library that describes exactly this event. We're sitting here having this podcast.

And then the fundamental proposition of the library is formulated, which is that any book that is possible is actual in the library. In other words, any, and you know, they can use like a million characters or something. So any combination of characters exists. That means that there is a book in this library that describes exactly this event. We're sitting here having this podcast.

And then the fundamental proposition of the library is formulated, which is that any book that is possible is actual in the library. In other words, any, and you know, they can use like a million characters or something. So any combination of characters exists. That means that there is a book in this library that describes exactly this event. We're sitting here having this podcast.

This is a possible book. It must exist in this library. But there are also weird mathematical problems, because if you think about it, it can't be the case that any possible book is actual, because you can have catalogs of catalogs of catalogs, so that mathematically it explodes. But anyway, so my point is, what happens in a universe where finite beings, finite rational intellects, try to...

This is a possible book. It must exist in this library. But there are also weird mathematical problems, because if you think about it, it can't be the case that any possible book is actual, because you can have catalogs of catalogs of catalogs, so that mathematically it explodes. But anyway, so my point is, what happens in a universe where finite beings, finite rational intellects, try to...

This is a possible book. It must exist in this library. But there are also weird mathematical problems, because if you think about it, it can't be the case that any possible book is actual, because you can have catalogs of catalogs of catalogs, so that mathematically it explodes. But anyway, so my point is, what happens in a universe where finite beings, finite rational intellects, try to...

find some meaning and encounter or are afflicted by infinity in some way. So just to go back here, that's Borges' idea.

find some meaning and encounter or are afflicted by infinity in some way. So just to go back here, that's Borges' idea.

find some meaning and encounter or are afflicted by infinity in some way. So just to go back here, that's Borges' idea.

But the point I really wanted to emphasize in what you were saying is this question becomes a fertile soil for these literary growths. In other words, this is the question that animates his being as a writer. And it's highly, highly productive. So we all know that questions are highly productive.