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A review by will_sargent
One Human Minute by Stanisław Lem
3.0
I remember being really impressed when I first read this. Now I don't think it's aged well.
It's difficult to read again, because the nature of the Internet and of modern education is that everything he says about the simultaneity of time and the limited conditions of naturally occurring life (Life as Cataclysm) are things that you could read on a blog post these days. They are not unique thoughts, and the only difference seems to be one of scope -- having to list out everything that is happening or mark out the various areas and events that are needed for a life bearing planet is interesting, but not difficult now, per se.
Still, it's Lem.
It's difficult to read again, because the nature of the Internet and of modern education is that everything he says about the simultaneity of time and the limited conditions of naturally occurring life (Life as Cataclysm) are things that you could read on a blog post these days. They are not unique thoughts, and the only difference seems to be one of scope -- having to list out everything that is happening or mark out the various areas and events that are needed for a life bearing planet is interesting, but not difficult now, per se.
Still, it's Lem.