…else aside and just kind of got lost in a world of science fiction. In case you're wondering, the book is anathem by Neal Stephenson. And while it's probably a bit too geeky for many of our fellow saloners, those who have read it may want to go…

…hard to english it, but a product of the fractal laws that govern information theory. That's a theme. I mean, that Neal Stephenson and all these people understand that it really is all about how everything is put together at the informational level.…