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Benjamín Labatut

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Benjamín Labatut is a Chilean fiction writer whose English-language debut When We Cease to Understand the World seeks to understand the minds of physicists and mathematicians. His latest work of fiction The MANIAC centers on John von Neumann whose discoveries laid the groundwork for computer science and nuclear weapons.

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Laurie Anderson: About Time with Benjamín Labatut
In a lively discussion that includes musings on déjà vu and Dune, artist Laurie Anderson and novelist Benjamín Labatut explore the concept of what is real and what is not.
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Laurie Anderson: About Time
Performance artist, electronic music pioneer, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson tackles the big questions about time with some of her favorite writers, thinkers, and poets.

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