Seems like a lot of successful leaders have a history of or normalize deception and lying for some benefit.
Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
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Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#52What meaningful connections did it uncover? You have an interesting idea here, but looking over the LLM output, it's not clear what these "connections" actually mean, or if they mean anything at all. Feeding a dataset into an LLM and getting it to output something is rather trivial. How is this particular output insightful or helpful? What specific connections gave you, the author, new insight into these works? You c…
The connections are meaningful to me in so far as they get me thinking about the topics, another lens to look at these books through. It's a fine balance between being trivial and being so out there that it seems arbitrary. A trail that hits that balance well IMO is https://trails.pieterma.es/trail/pacemaker-principle/ . I find the system theory topics the most interesting. In this one, I like how it pulled in a sect…
Can you walk me though some of the insights you gained? I've read several of those books, including Kitchen Confidential and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and I don't see the connection that the LLM (or you) is trying to draw. What is the deeper insight into these works that I am missing?
I'm not familiar with he term "Pacemaker Principle" and Google search was unhelpful. What does it mean in this context? What else does this general principle apply to?
I'm perfectly willing to believe that I am missing something here. But reading thought many of the supportive comments, it seems more likely that this is an LLM Rorschach test where we are given random connections and asked to do the mental work of inventing meaning in them.
I love reading. These are great books. I would be excited if this tool actually helps point out connections that have been overlooked. However, it does not seem to do so.
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#53surprised to that "seeing like a state" didn't get included in the "legibility tax" category
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ironic indeed: pattern-matching the prose style instead of engaging the idea is exactly the shallow reading the post is about.
Your original comment is completely void of any substance or originality. Please don't fill the web with robot slop and use your own voice. We both know what you're doing here.
I dunno, he might have just been reading too much that he really writes like this now. I've seen it happen.
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#55In a similar vein, I've been using Claude Code to "read" Github projects I have no business understanding. I found this one trending on Github with everything in Russian and went down the rabbit hole of deep packet inspection[0]. 0. https://github.com/ValdikSS/GoodbyeDPI
ValdikSS is the guy behind the SBC XQ patches for Android (that alas were never merged by G). I didn’t expect to see him here with another project!
https://habr.com/en/articles/456476/
https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/system/bt...
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
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Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#57Like this initial step and its findings.
#1: would a larger dataset increase the depth and breadth of insight ( go to #2) #2: with the initial top 100, are there key ‘super node’ books that stand out as ones to read due the breadth they offer. Would a larger dataset identify further ‘super node’ books.
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your original comment is completely void of any substance or originality. Please don't fill the web with robot slop and use your own voice. We both know what you're doing here.
I dunno, he might have just been reading too much that he really writes like this now. I've seen it happen.
no, definitely not. It was 100% LLM written. Look at their post history.
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#59wow I hope the bubble pops soon.. now that you discovered books with AI that was illegally trained on them, how about reading them?
I'm not sure I understand what the connections are exactly, or whether they go much deeper than certain words and phrases.
Re: Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
#60This is an IQ test lol