Jest - Infinite

David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel Infinite Jest remains a seminal "systems novel" that critiques modern American addiction to entertainment and pleasure. Its complex structure, involving 388 endnotes, forces reader engagement to mirror the fragmented consciousness of a near-future world obsessed with fatal pleasure. For a comprehensive analysis of the novel's 30-year legacy, read the essay at The Conversation . AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more

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Simon Birtles

I have been in the IT sector for over 20 years with a primary focus on solutions around networking architecture & design in Data Center and WAN. I have held two CCIEs (#20221) for over 12 years with many retired certifications with Cisco and Microsoft. I have worked in demanding and critical sectors such as finance, insurance, health care and government providing solutions for architecture, design and problem analysis. I have been coding for as long as I can remember in C/C++ and Python (for most things nowadays). Locations that I work without additional paperwork (incl. post Brexit) are the UK and the EU including Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium.