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“The future kept arriving. Our bright new toys began to rust before we could get them home, and life went on much as before.”
― Machines like Me
― Machines like Me
“What people queued the entire weekend for became, six months later, as interesting as the socks on their feet. What happened to the cognition-enhancing helmets, the speaking fridges with a sense of smell? Gone the way of the mouse pad, the Filofax, the electric carving knife, the fondue set. The future kept arriving. Our bright new toys began to rust before we could get them home, and life went on much as before.”
― Machines Like Me
― Machines Like Me
“An old friend of mine, a journalist, once said that paradise on earth was to work all day alone in anticipation of an evening in interesting company.”
― Machines Like Me
― Machines Like Me
“It’s about machines like me and people like you and our future together…the sadness that’s to come. It will happen. With improvements over time…we’ll surpass you…and outlast you…even as we love you.”
― Machines Like Me
― Machines Like Me
british and american literature
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As I am a studying British and American literature, I wonder what books would you recommend to read and what you actually think of them...
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