Went to see a new play. Data, at Arena Stage, about the ethical dilemma a brilliant data scientist faces. Is it ethical to create an algorithm that automatically decides if a person gets a visa or not? Or is the software a good thing, shortening the wait time for a decision.
I enjoyed the play. Although the authored tried to add some humor, it was still a lot. I would definitely recommend it though.
If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people. – Timothy Leary
by Kevin Baker
A sporadically entertaining book about the history of baseball in NYC. Too long. Ends weirdly.
by Philip Larkin
The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is a kind of grief.
Is it that they are born again
And we grow old? No, they die too,
Their yearly trick of looking new
Is written down in rings of grain.
Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every May.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.
by Marc Meyers
Marc is a pretentious name. Anatomy of a Song is a good book though. Consist of short antidotes about 45 mostly classic rock-n-roll songs, mostly the sixties and seventies. Lots of short interviews with the songwriters, producers, musicians. Two thumbs-up. Entertaining.