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This document is page 143 of a manuscript or book draft included in House Oversight evidence files (Bates stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018375). The text discusses technological networks, time perception, and latency, referencing Snapchat, Tinder, and high-frequency trading. It explicitly quotes Marvin Minsky (a known Epstein associate) regarding 'The Society of Mind' and links him to 'Hillis' (likely Danny Hillis), while also citing computer engineer Leslie Lamport's work on distributed systems.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Marvin Minsky Scientist / Author
Quoted regarding theories of the mind and time scales; referred to as 'Hillis' mentory' (sic).
Hillis Associate/Scientist
Mentioned in relation to Marvin Minsky (likely Danny Hillis).
Leslie Lamport Computer Engineer
Quoted regarding distributed systems and the ordering of events.
Marina Keegan Author
Quoted in footnote regarding 'The Opposite of Loneliness'.
Simmel Sociologist
Referenced for 'The Metropolis and Mental Life'.
Warez Dude Hypothetical figure
Used as an example of a hacker finding an exploit.

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
Yale Daily News
Publisher of Marina Keegan's essay.
Simon & Schuster
Publisher of Marvin Minsky's book.
Communications of the ACM
Publisher of Leslie Lamport's essay.
Snapchat
Mentioned as a metaphor for touch and connection.
Tinder
Mentioned for its swipe interface.

Locations (1)

Location Context
Location associated with Simon & Schuster.

Relationships (1)

Hillis Mentorship (implied) Marvin Minsky
Text refers to Minsky as "Hillis' mentory" (likely typo for mentor).

Key Quotes (4)

"“Good theories of the mind,” Hillis’ mentory Marvin Minksy once observed, “must span at least three different scales of time..."
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"What we face now is a new time scale to add to Minksy’s list: The instant."
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"“In a distributed system, it is sometimes impossible to say that one of two events occurred first,” computer engineer Leslie Lamport wrote..."
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"“The relation ‘happened before’”, Lamport explains, “is therefore only a partial ordering of the events in the system."
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