Apurba Ganguly posted: " Title: The Greatest GameAuthor: Greg RajaramBook Type: NovelGenre: Fiction, PhilosophyEdition: PaperbackPublisher: Notion PressYear of Publication: 2021Number of Pages: 242 — Blurb of the Book — Ever since humans became self-aware, we have stru"
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Ever since humans became self-aware, we have struggled to find the meaning of life. The price we paid for becoming intelligent was to become painfully ignorant of the difference between good and evil.
Adi, a 10-year-old boy, works together with two old philosophers as they try to unravel the prophecy of a promised King. With insatiable curiosity, Adi must work with the wise men as they rationalize with each other on why and how humans became intelligent. Together they attempt to answer some of the most profound questions related to existence. Does evolution end with human beings or is there an 'Overman' who can reach evolution's pinnacle? Will this Overman be able to define values for humankind?
Centuries later a young boy promises his mother that he will always uphold the love that she has taught him. It is a promise that drowns him in the nectar of the gods. Krish grows up to be an engineer and joins a team of scientists as they try to create artificial consciousness in a machine.
Krish soon realizes that he has a bigger fight on his hands. A fight to preserve love in a desolate world. His quest for true love ultimately leads him down a path where he comes face to face with a fearsome snake delivering a kiss of death. Humans have come a long way by questioning the nature of objects around us and pushing the limits of our intelligence, but it's now time that we ask the greatest question yet: when does intelligence transcend to become consciousness?
— Lady Bookamore's Views —
First and foremost, I thank the author for giving me an opportunity to review such a mesmerising work of fiction.
The Greatest Game is one of those few books on the theme of philosophy that would leave you with more questions than answers. And, it's actually fun to be inquisitive, just like what a cliffhanger does.
The first reason why I loved reading The Greatest Game is the title itself. Understanding the evolution of mankind, both on the basis of anatomy and spirituality, has been playfully presented as an unsolved mystery of the world. Secondly, the theme. The Greatest Game makes use of some unrealistic features — such as a ten year old investigating an age-old prophecy with two elderly philosophers — to highlight the real, the important, the universal. Although the previous three core words are not absolute, they give us an illusion of reality; and that is good enough for us learn the difference between what is good and bad. Thirdly, the structure. The Greatest Game has a very unique style of narrating the story. Intersecting multiple subplots surrounding the concepts of posthumanism, The Greatest Game attempts to analyse man's possible trajectory in the field of evolution. In short, it's a very novel approach to understanding humanity and in turn the universe.
Unfortunately, the only let-down of The Greatest Game is the language. Although the content is so unconventional, the language did not seem to be at par with the theme. It just seemed a tad bit too simplistic, considering the volume of the topic under observation. Yet, I must say, The Greatest Game is indeed a wonderful read on philosophy and man's position in the universe. It is a one-time read if the transcendence of intelligence to consciousness is your kind of thing! I convey my best wishes to the author for his future endeavours.
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