Take That, Algorithms

“Along the way you will become absorbed in stories no mathematical formula would have selected for you. And if your flight is grounded, you will end up reading the entire paper, down to the small ads, and possibly come away with several new interests as a consequence.”  

—Luc Sante, writer, “The Daily Miracle: Finding Magic Inside the Times’s Printing Plant,” The New York Times, March 26, 2019.

• Editorial Comment: Now, that’s interesting.

Fair Warning: The WORD hears the clear siren of St. Mumbles calling. That, and the salmon season opens here soon. Thus, the 2018-19 season will end Friday when the nice men with broken noses and white coats come to collect him. Brace yourselves.

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9 Days to Kinetics 2019

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