Prisoner's Dilemma

Three Levels of the Infinite Richard Powers’ second novel can be read and enjoyed at three different levels of abstraction: First, as a family drama. Second, as an example of the game theory concept of a prisoner’s dilemma in the social context of World War II. Third, as a contemplation of man’s posi......more

Questo libro è geniale: il riferimento al gioco del prigioniero nella teoria dei giochi matematici, il modo in cui questo romanzo è costruito dal punto di vista narrativo, credo abbia pesantemente determinato la mia assegnazione delle 5 stelle.......more

Another mindboggling Powers book. The story of a young man that is caught between the twin promises of unbridled progress (the 1939 World Fair in New York) and total annihilation (the 1945 atomic bomb). The cognitive dissonance between these opposed destinies condenses in a moral conundrum that is e......more

Frustrating and annoying, it ultimately got to be a real slog to get through. So disappointed.......more

to be cont.'tell me how free I am'......more