(1) A Good Book Is a Good Friend (The Huffington Post)
(2) How Real is Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In (WSJ)
(2a) Tech Time Warp of the Week: In 1959, a Fitbit Weighed 2,000 Pounds (Wired)
(3) Learning to Love Life on the Downslope (WSJ)
I know there shall be enjoyments for me
Amid sorrows, cares and anxieties:
At times I again will be intoxicated by harmony,
Weep over my fantasy’s creation,
And perhaps on my sad sunset
Love will shine its farewell smile.
(4) Looking for a New Old House? (WSJ)
“Even with extra shipping costs, panelization saves time and money and is more precise than increasingly expensive on-site building, said Mr. Connor: ‘Traditional architecture is probably going to be saved by robotic carpentry.'”
(4a) Selling the Dwelling: The Books That Built America’s Houses, 1775-2000
*Scan is from ROBO FORCE™, 1984