The Measure: The Instant New York Times Bestseller
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Beiträge
Interesting premise with an awful logical flaw.
(Concept discussion, minor spoilers) Imagine you get a small chest with a string which reflects the remaining time you have to live. This is what its all about, the measure of your life. But what does it mean? The book makes it a point to explore possible reactions on this kind of phenomena in world in which every single one has such a box with their 22 birthday. Multiple characters all living in the changing world when the boxes appear for the first time have to find the meaning. Have to deal with short strings, or are happy about their long ones. The scenario is akin to the pandemic. An uncertainty slowly transitioning into normality. The key point i disliked greatly is that every single character thinks of it as relevant. It is not. Once the box is opened and the string examined the life is fixed in length. The uncertainty, very similar to schrödingers cat, is very real. The reaction of you to the string's length (and your life's length) is the very reason why it has the length in the first place. Every decision is part of the entire chain up to your death. The author touches upon this topic very briefly with some conclusions but leaves it unresolved in my opinion. Even the interactions of others with you in relation to your string's length has an impact on the length of your life. Every life is intertwined. And nobody, as soon as they see the string, have any chance of ever modifying what their lives hold for them. The only thing they do have is certainty of the end and how they do spend the rest of their time. But the reason why they die in the end might be very closley coupled directly to the existence of those strings. Ted Chiang has a fantastic 4 page short story that drives home this exact issue i have with The Measure and where it falls short of my expections. "What is expected of us" we have no free will, everything is determined. You are the mean to an end. And the end is imposed onto your life. How can you believe to have any raign over yourself when the end is already determined.
Interessantes erstes Drittel, etwas langweiliges zweites Drittel, gutes letztes Drittel.
Ich habe das Buch für den englischen Book Club gehört, in dem ich Mitglied bin, und ich denke, dafür ist das Buch perfekt geeignet, weil man viel diskutieren kann. Der Mittelteil fühlte sich allerdings an, wie eine Auflistung aller "was wäre wenn"-Szenarien, die der Autorin eingefallen sind, und dadurch hat die Spannung etwas gelitten. Am Ende waren die Charaktere mir näher und daher war es mein liebster Teil des Buches.
This book destroyed me (in the best way possible) and made me whole.
Beiträge
Interesting premise with an awful logical flaw.
(Concept discussion, minor spoilers) Imagine you get a small chest with a string which reflects the remaining time you have to live. This is what its all about, the measure of your life. But what does it mean? The book makes it a point to explore possible reactions on this kind of phenomena in world in which every single one has such a box with their 22 birthday. Multiple characters all living in the changing world when the boxes appear for the first time have to find the meaning. Have to deal with short strings, or are happy about their long ones. The scenario is akin to the pandemic. An uncertainty slowly transitioning into normality. The key point i disliked greatly is that every single character thinks of it as relevant. It is not. Once the box is opened and the string examined the life is fixed in length. The uncertainty, very similar to schrödingers cat, is very real. The reaction of you to the string's length (and your life's length) is the very reason why it has the length in the first place. Every decision is part of the entire chain up to your death. The author touches upon this topic very briefly with some conclusions but leaves it unresolved in my opinion. Even the interactions of others with you in relation to your string's length has an impact on the length of your life. Every life is intertwined. And nobody, as soon as they see the string, have any chance of ever modifying what their lives hold for them. The only thing they do have is certainty of the end and how they do spend the rest of their time. But the reason why they die in the end might be very closley coupled directly to the existence of those strings. Ted Chiang has a fantastic 4 page short story that drives home this exact issue i have with The Measure and where it falls short of my expections. "What is expected of us" we have no free will, everything is determined. You are the mean to an end. And the end is imposed onto your life. How can you believe to have any raign over yourself when the end is already determined.
Interessantes erstes Drittel, etwas langweiliges zweites Drittel, gutes letztes Drittel.
Ich habe das Buch für den englischen Book Club gehört, in dem ich Mitglied bin, und ich denke, dafür ist das Buch perfekt geeignet, weil man viel diskutieren kann. Der Mittelteil fühlte sich allerdings an, wie eine Auflistung aller "was wäre wenn"-Szenarien, die der Autorin eingefallen sind, und dadurch hat die Spannung etwas gelitten. Am Ende waren die Charaktere mir näher und daher war es mein liebster Teil des Buches.
This book destroyed me (in the best way possible) and made me whole.