Tao “writes” to his great appreciation for Todd Hasak-Lowy’s book The Task of This Translator in this entry, noting that it is so “good” that it transcends “reviewing.” I think this book inspired Tao a great deal and likely he tried to mimic some of Todd Hasak-Lowy’s successes in writing stories and transcending criticism. Probably I should aspire to write books and blogs so well as to relegate my flaws to the bin of idiosyncratic missives and misunderstandings, like Tao has. At the end of the entry, Tao points out without comment a publication that pointless attempts to “review” The Tasks of This Translator. The implication seems to be that the publication is dumb/spam for “not getting” the book.

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