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“How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.” – stage directions by Tennessee Williams (p. xxi) Written by Tennessee Williams in 1944, The Glass Menagerie tells the story of the three people who comprise a small family in St. Louis, Missouri. Through the lens and memory of Tom Wingfield, the adult son,…
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“The robot misconception is related to the myth that machines can’t control humans. Intelligence enables control: humans control tigers not because we’re stronger, but because we’re smarter.” Synopsis and Recommendation Written by MIT professor, physicist, and machine-learning researcher Max Tegmark, “Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence ” (2017) . This book…
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“. . .when you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night—there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.” – Professor Roger Mifflin…