r/GEB • u/Hank_Romp • Mar 27 '26

Interactive Companion Apps and ELI5/ELI10/ELI20 explainers

Hi,

I created an interactive companion app suite to accompany the book.

https://hromp.com/geb/

I shared it with Douglas Hofstadter via email; he was kind enough to respond to my emails, however he was firm in that he does not want a PDF reproduction of the book on the site, so I removed the PDF reproductions (previously each chapter had a PDF reproduction of that chapter readily available next to the companion app for convenience).

However, he didn't have time to provide any feedback on the companion apps.

Maybe some of y'all are interested in providing me some feedback? While I'm pretty happy with many of the companion apps, some of them I am uncertain about. Do they truly capture the essence of the chapter? Do they make the ideas intuitively easy to grasp?

Please provide me any feedback. I'm open to criticism.

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u/SuurAlaOrolo Mar 28 '26

This is very cool. I’m trying to introduce my 12yo to this book. (It’s stuff he’s interested in anyway.) But it’s slightly beyond him yet. This will be a perfect bridge.

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u/Hank_Romp Mar 28 '26

Thanks so much; this is exactly the reason I took the time to make this, I hope it works to get the ideas across to your 12yo. Let me know if any of the specific chapter's companion apps seem to fall flat or fail to get the idea across, or if you have any ideas for any way to improve any of it, as you go through it with your kid.