Nomad codes

After finishing this book, I had a minor existential crisis: my sense of self-worth is based largely on the idea that I have a unique combination of interests, and therefore, can create unique syntheses, but here was Erik Davis demonstrating that not only is he into everything I'm into, but he has also done scholarly-level research into all of those things, performed risky direct experiments with them, and (to top it all off) he can write about them with both flair and lucidity! And then, here he is digging deep into things I've never heard of.



This book is an excellent, informative, and joyful way to make yourself feel inadequate as an intellectual and as a weirdo. I highly recommend it.