The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut

first book i picked up after a long break. heard about this 2023 novel from lex fridman's podcast episode #475 with demis hassabis.

• didn’t really know who von neumann was and how great his achievements were; only heard about neumann's architecture without knowing what it is.

• enjoyed parts with demis hassabis, lee sedol vs alphago.

• lee sedol's name, strong stone in korean, is not coincident

  father: 5 dan (amateur)
   
  brother1: 9 dan (professional)
  brother2: 5 dan (amateur)
  sister1: 2 dan (amateur)
  sister2: 6 dan (amateur)
  lee sedol: 9 dan (professional)
   
  total: 36 dan

somewhat disturbed this book is a work of fiction based on facts as i don't know which parts of the book are fictional.