Reddit and The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

 

The past weekend I was in Reddit. Reddit is basically a social media app like twitter but slightly different. Anyway while I was on Reddit I saw an interesting question which was, If you are picked by mankind to ask an all knowing being one question what do you ask, the whole world is watching. As I was pondering my own answer I started reading the comments and several people started talking about a short Si-Fi story called The Last Question and still not knowing my answer I read the short story.It was really good inspiring and interesting. The story is actually several different stories on top of each other to make on story. It starts off talking about two friends who were talking and having a good time when and argument arises and they ask this super computer to answer the question that sprouted the argument but the super computer doesn't have an answer. That where their story ends and the next begins but hundreds of years in the future following a family and eventually in their story the same question comes up and still this seemingly all knowing being has no answer. This keeps happening in the other mini-stories and in in the end the question is answered with one grand demonstration. It all begins with 4 words LET THERE BE LIGHT!

The beginning of the story might seem boring but the underlying message is really good and me personally would give it a 5 out of 5 i really recommend this to any and everyone. And as a final question If you are picked by mankind to ask an all knowing being one question what do you ask, the whole world is watching. Choose wisely. 
 http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

What You Have Missed

The last time I posted it was before spring break and I have a lot to fill you in on. First of all I finished Eragon the second book in its series Eldest. I also finished the last book of the Mortal Instruments series. The book that I am currently reading is called Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. Brisingr is the 3rd book in the Inheritance series (the series that Eragon and Eldest come from). It is a great series but I kind of cheated on my reading. Instead of reading Eldest I listened to it because I don always have time to sit down and read.
Anyway back to Brisingr. This book is fantastic so far it is 763 pages long so if I were you I would brace myself for two things. 1 a lot of posts about this book, and 2 a lot of spoilers form parts of the first two that I have already read. Sadly filtering spoilers is going to be hard because since it is a series there are so many interlocking details that could give away parts of the other books. Until next time, Atra esterni ono thelduin.