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Marvin Minsky Jul 3, 2008 5:15 AM
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I promised to send Jeffrey a
stream of books that he would probably like to read.
This raises some question
about how to send them.
Jeffrey believed that they'd need to be shipped directly from a respectable book dealer.
(Not from a private
individual.)
Method 1:
I can simply order books from
Amazon, giving them Jeffrey’s address to ship them to.
Then most books would come
directly from Amazon—but some of them would come
from other bookstores that
process the transaction through Amazon.
In any case, all the
books would arrive in
respectable-looking brown cardboard cartons.
Method 2:
I could send you the titles,
etc., in the form of a picture of an Amazon order.
But I think Method 1 is by
far the simplest one, if you think it will actually work.
In any case, we need to know
the best way to get them to him.
My plan is for all the books to have technical titles.
Mainly about science, math,
economic theories, philosophy, etc.
I’ll avoid book titles that
might raise questions.
The flow should average a
book every 1 or 2 days. They’ll probably cost around $300/month
— which I can absorb, in view
of JE’s previous generosity.
Marvin
