Comment by galaxyLogic

That is to put it mildly fantastic. And we the normal people don't probably appreciate it often enough. We take it for granted and then a story like Heller's puts focus on it.

Here's a nice book that covers related topics, not sure if it is correct everywhere but it is discussion:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780936756363/the-ecstasy-of-commun...