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playing Pong with your mind vs. William Gibson
Ars Technica has an appropriately level-headed article about Elon Musk’s Neuralink company getting a monkey to play Pong with its mind, which reminds people of William Gibson: the old Cyberpunk fan in me dreams of cyberdecks: devices without screens or … Continue reading
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Anthony Lane, funniest writer at The New Yorker (more!)
Irrepressibly droll. On 20-kilometer walk competitors at the Beijing Olympics: They will continue to propel themselves, year in, year out, as if learning to moonwalk too soon after a hip replacement. On Yoda (Space Case, “Star Wars: Episode III”): Also, … Continue reading
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