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Geb: the eternal golden braid is a dense chewy read for such a forgettable book. Mazel tov for making the effort.
I read it ~20 years ago and I agree with the central premise, but I felt like it was still 80% faff. It's very much the musings of someone with a love for math and history. The core argument could have been made in a quarter of the space.