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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Tyler blogged this earlier (of course!) but it's worth another post. Sum is a peculiar book, it's forty stories, each a page or two in length about a possible scenario for the afterlife. Some of the stories are like Zen koans, others have the flavor of O. Henry or Jeffrey Archer's A Twist in the Tale. Here's is one of the lighter pieces which features wry theological commentary, an astute understanding of human psychology and, as if that were not enough, an appreciation of free market economics. It's called Great Expectations.
Hat tip to Robin Hanson who lent me the book.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on July 17, 2009 at 07:05 AM | Permalink
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The linked story is interesting. I wonder what happens to those who go to Hell rather than Heaven. ;)
Posted by: londenio at Jul 17, 2009 9:28:23 AM
Sorry to be off point here, but I just stumbled upon a September post of yours where you maintain Glass Steagall wasn't a good law and that repealing it's separation of investment banking/commercial banking/insurance was a good thing.
I was wondering if you've modified your opinion one year, almost, later?
Posted by: Beezer at Jul 17, 2009 9:36:39 AM
Amusing tale! I think those who go to Hell would find themselves in a place very much like the Company promised them. Except (perhaps) the materials would be of shoddy workmanship. C. S. Lewis covered similar ground in The Great Divorce.
Posted by: Bob Knaus at Jul 17, 2009 4:01:43 PM
