Reading Figures of Earth | Alexandria
Read Figures of Earth by James Branch Cabell. Imagining Earth's creation through a cosmic accountant's ledger, Cabell's satirical masterpiece reveals how even deities obsess over metrics and measurements - suggesting our modern fixation with data and quantification isn't new, but an eternal human folly. The hero's pursuit of greatness through calculated manipulation eerily mirrors today's "life-hacking" culture.