How the fuck Minsky got as far as he did is all starting to make sense. He wrote an okay book on theory of computation in the 60s, AI work was detrimental to the field. His "turn" to cognitive science was a joke: Society of Mind is a steaming turd of conjecture that leads nowhere. Watching video of his talks is painful - thinks he can explain away mind, while explaining nothing.

Transhumanism and perversion made him and Jeff bosom buddies near the end. Marvin was a real bullshit artists and self promoter and fit right in with that scene.

John McCarthy was the real hero of that AI era, and left Lisp to posterity.