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Sylvia Plath's fig tree meets machine learning
Yet another essay about Sylvia Plath's fig tree but we are involving code
I don’t know if it’s my algorithm or the fact that Plath’s metaphor for the paralyzing banquet of choices concerning one’s social identity and self-representation is one of its most poignant literary portrayals. If we assume that Esther, at the moment she discusses her tree metaphor,is creative, not very stable at all, not very ambitious anymore, with a strong desire to travel and low interest in a family, we’ll have: When I am paralyzed by choices of the smallest size: go out and enjoy the sun, stay in and rest, read a book, watch a movie, work on this project that is due next week or chill the hell out for five minutes.
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