Here’s a video snippet of Neal Stephenson talking about his new book Anathem. It’s a Nerd World exclusive! He talks a bit about how this book relates to his other works (not at all, is the basic answer, except on a philosophical level, which I guess means no Enoch Root cameos), and its connection to the Long Now Foundation’s Millennium Clock project.
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