Category: Thinking

Un or self edu­cat­ed explo­rations into areas of igno­rance.

One of the char­ac­ters in Stand on Zanz­ibar is a syn­the­sist. Every­one else refers to him as a dil­letante, and even the gov­ern­ment agency he works for is col­lo­qui­al­ly called the Dil­letante Dept. Don Hogan’s job is to browse through this giant ency­clo­pe­dic com­put­er archive [sort of pre­fig­ur­ing the inter­net] and learn about what­ev­er he wants, and report on the inter­dis­ci­pli­nary asso­ci­a­tions he makes. In a sense he is a spy.
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