I am somewhat astonished by the predominant use of AI where it fails so spectacularly. I stopped using it in the search engines because its “guesses” of what I was searching for were so far off the mark. Nothing could expresses late stage capitalism more thoroughly than the widespread use of a product that no one really needs.
I’ve never met my doppelgänger, but somehow he has access to my credit card, drinks all my wine, and DoorDashes curly fries around 12am. To make matters worse, I think the bastard hit me in the head before he left because I woke up with a brutal headache this morning. Very suspicious, I hope they catch the cretin.
I enjoyed this talk immensely! And yet when it came to the students asking questions, I also found myself remembering my own short time at university in literary studies, where every semester I was happy when there was actually a course given on the "classics" and even then I would sit there with a dozen of other students who hadn't read even the assigned text, let alone any other works of the author.
Most of the time was then spent by the Professor making some general autobiographical remarks and summing up the story of the given text, because he/she realised that it was impossible to engage in any meaningful conversation about the actual topic.
My personal highlight was when one Professor started a class on "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" with a "trigger warning" that Werther commits suicide at the end of the book - which resulted in one student leaving the classroom and another student wispering to his friend: "Why do Professors always spoil the ending?"
Anyway, thanks for the conversation. I will pick Up der Doppelgänger again now, since I remember not appreciating ist very much the first time, probably because I had the harsher criticism about the work in the back of my mind.
In true Daoist style, you have chosen not to promote your recently released translation with a post. Thoroughly enjoying my recently acquired copy.
I am somewhat astonished by the predominant use of AI where it fails so spectacularly. I stopped using it in the search engines because its “guesses” of what I was searching for were so far off the mark. Nothing could expresses late stage capitalism more thoroughly than the widespread use of a product that no one really needs.
I’ve never met my doppelgänger, but somehow he has access to my credit card, drinks all my wine, and DoorDashes curly fries around 12am. To make matters worse, I think the bastard hit me in the head before he left because I woke up with a brutal headache this morning. Very suspicious, I hope they catch the cretin.
I enjoyed this talk immensely! And yet when it came to the students asking questions, I also found myself remembering my own short time at university in literary studies, where every semester I was happy when there was actually a course given on the "classics" and even then I would sit there with a dozen of other students who hadn't read even the assigned text, let alone any other works of the author.
Most of the time was then spent by the Professor making some general autobiographical remarks and summing up the story of the given text, because he/she realised that it was impossible to engage in any meaningful conversation about the actual topic.
My personal highlight was when one Professor started a class on "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" with a "trigger warning" that Werther commits suicide at the end of the book - which resulted in one student leaving the classroom and another student wispering to his friend: "Why do Professors always spoil the ending?"
Anyway, thanks for the conversation. I will pick Up der Doppelgänger again now, since I remember not appreciating ist very much the first time, probably because I had the harsher criticism about the work in the back of my mind.