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The Glass Bead Game

Hermann Hesse

Literary Fiction

Hesse's Nobel-winning novel about an austere intellectual order devoted to a synthesis-of-all-knowledge game. Hassabis calls it one of his favorite books of all time — fitting for someone whose whole career has been about formalizing the deep patterns connecting science, art, and play.

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  • Demis Hassabis
    “Really reminds me of one of my favourite books of all-time: 'The Glass Bead Game' by the incomparable Hermann Hesse”

    A 2016 tweet where Hassabis names Hesse's novel as one of his all-time favorites.

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