Index of files from "The Web site of aleph"

Once upon a time The Web site of aleph by Michael Chorost existed, but has since ceased. These texts represent a small measure of its content. Image from the short story ARI-L by Caza.

The Web site of aleph

Models

The lethal text

Writing under erasure

Mesopotamian myth

-3000 The Gilgamesh legend

-1750 The nam-shub of Enki

-1400 The Tower of Babel story

-700 The song of the Sirens

-370 Plato's metaphor of the cave

1851 "man's insanity is heaven's sense"

1956 The Ultimate Melody

1969 Macroscope

1976 The Origin of Consciousness
in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

1992 Snow Crash

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