Forster’s 1913 novella predicted how our lives would one day be ruled by the internet and A.I.
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A Novel Predicted A.I., Zoom, the Internet
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Social Media’s Siren Call
Chris Hayes’s “Sirens’ Call” draws on a Homeric allusion as it warns us against being devoured by social media.
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Forster Predicted Our Zoom Existence
In his 1909 novella “The Machine Stops,” E.M. Forster all be predicts the internet, Zoom, and Facebook, along with their downsides.
Tolkien’s Key to Entering the Internet
A Stanford computer science student writes in to apply a “Lord of the Rings” passage to a vexed internet question.
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Kiki Ostrenga as Sister Carrie
Columnist David Brooks recently turned to Theodore Dreiser’s 1900 novel “Sister Carrie” in an attempt to make sense of the strange and disturbing case of 13-year-old internet celebrity Kiki Ostrenga.
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Internet Nastiness: Crying to Be Heard
There has been a lot of complaining in recent years about the lack of civility in social discourse. The breakdown of common courtesy and mutual respect in town hall meetings, Congress, and other venues threatens (some believe) the very foundations of our society. In his article this week, Jason Blake talks about how the internet […]
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