The Joy of Erudition’s Reviews > I Am a Strange Loop > Status Update

"Imagine the challenge of writing out a clear explanation of the meaning of the contemporary term 'soap digest rack' in the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit."

This is interesting, because "soap digest rack" is NOT a contemporary term anymore, and I had no idea at first that he wasn't just stringing together three random words. But now I know what he was talking about.

"And thus, in order to lay out clearly my claim about what constitutes “I”-ness, I need to spell out what I mean by “strange loop”. And since we’re just finishing Chapter 7 of I Am a Strange Loop, it’s about time!"

"Does fire cause smoke? Do cars cause smog? Do drones cause boredom? Do jokes cause laughter? Do smiles cause swoons? Does love cause marriage?"

Here's another place where it reads differently now than it was meant in 2007.