PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Becky (My pronouns are Assigned/By/God) on February 24, 2025, 11:59:50 AM
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Had no idea.
“Grok is a word from a Heinlein novel, Stranger in a Strange Land. It's used by a guy who's raised on Mars.
The word ‘grok’ is to fully and profoundly understand something. That's what the word ‘grok’ means … to fully and profoundly understand something.”
-Elon Musk
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or, think unix
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Way back in junior high school we had to read Stranger in a Strange Land, 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451. My teacher was WAY out there. I think that made me who I am today. All those should be required reading.
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Oh yeah. Read the novel years ago and have been using “grok” ever since. It’s a great word to add to the English language because it’s so much more than just knowing something. There are times when you want to communicate just how deeply you “get it”.
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Heinlein is one of my favorite authors. Haven’t read Stanger in a Strange land in a long time, probably due for a re-read.
-Dan
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My goal was to read 1984 before 1984, which I did.
My takeaway was, that by 1984 the technology in 1984 was outdated here, but the politics there, was intact. Now they've merged and we now live in 1984.
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Heinlein is one of my favorite authors. Haven’t read Stanger in a Strange land in a long time, probably due for a re-read.
-Dan
I grew up reading Heinlein, among other SF authors.