James Drogan

"In his 1987 book, The Last Intellectuals, Russell Jacoby argued that the generation of writers and critics who came to political consciousness in the 1960s had been absorbed into the university and disappeared from public life, precipitating 'a withdrawal of intellectual energy from the larger domain to a narrower discipline.' For Jacoby, the implications were dire. 'The transmission belt of culture — the ineffable manner by which an older generation passes along not simply its knowledge but its dreams and hopes — is threatened,' he wrote. 'Younger intellectuals are occupied and preoccupied by the demands of university careers. As professional life thrives, public culture grows poorer and older.'"

Goldstein, E. (2016, November 13). The New Intellectuals. Retrieved November 20, 2016, from http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-New-Intellectuals/238354/

"In other words, the computer, Campbell said, accelerates the calculation and preparation that can lead to draws. Thanks, computer."

Roeder, O. (2016, November 19). Are Computers Draining The Beauty Out Of Chess? Retrieved from http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/world-chess-championship-game-6-carlsen-karjakin/

See also The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence. (2016, November 17). Retrieved from http://www.digitopoly.org/2016/11/17/the-simple-economics-of-machine-intelligence/

Early in the mornings of Friday through Sunday I pour a cup of coffee, put my feet up, and harvest the web.  I go through my Morning Read (seven sites), NetNewsWire feeds (38 of these), and personal e-mail looking for items of interest.

Items of interest include those that simply strike my fancy or pique my curiosity, or that I think may be useful to me in my day job.  I am invoking the SIDAL loop,

and being mindful of the Eighth Law, "Old dogs that don't learn new tricks end up dead dogs."

I am a victum of that desease pointed out by Dorothy Parker in, "The cure for boredom is curiosity.  There is no cure for curiosity."