I take this to be pretty strong evidence that this is not a good article for people reading Drexler to start with! (FWIW I valued reading it, but I’m now realising that the value I got was largely in understanding a bit better how Eric’s sweep of ideas connect, and perhaps that wouldn’t have been available to me if I hadn’t had the background context.)
Edit: I edited the original post to change the recommendation there slightly.
I take this to be pretty strong evidence that this is not a good article for people reading Drexler to start with! (FWIW I valued reading it, but I’m now realising that the value I got was largely in understanding a bit better how Eric’s sweep of ideas connect, and perhaps that wouldn’t have been available to me if I hadn’t had the background context.)
Edit: I edited the original post to change the recommendation there slightly.
Yeah, I’m sure this is not a typical example of his writing style or exposition of the ideas he’s advocated for over the bulk of his career.