Sherry Turkle's fascinating new book, Alone Together, provides a startling exploration of the way digital technology and the fast-changing field of robotics are turning emotional connections among humans upside down.
Given a choice between a man who brutalizes and murders, and a robot, I would opt for the robot in a heartbeat.
They are called day lilies for a reason: each magnificent blossom only lasts a single day.
Earlier this year, I experimented by serializing chapters of my new novel. One email I received in response was from a couple. They have written, illustrated and constructed a full website for an online serial called Impeccable Petunia.
For a few minutes on Friday evening, I felt like I was watching the Obama of the old days when he was campaigning, when he could muster an electrical response in audiences with his supreme rhetorical gifts.
With so many millions of people unemployed, and frantic to find jobs, companies are routinely flooded with applications for every open position. That flood gives employers the privilege to be very, very picky.
