Robo-Theorizing
Bill Benzon on Astro Boy and the robot as subaltern. Hat tip to The Constructivist–but which of his blogs to link to?
Cross-posted from Old is the New New. Comments welcome.2008-12-11
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Magic and Spies
IT IS THE END OF TERM and I continue to totally lazy-Web my own job. Still, there's an interesting anecdote in it for you about magic and spies.
A student of mine writes the following in an email. He irritatingly neglects to name the book he's talking about.
( Magic, Mulholland, and MK-Ultra )
So, there are people on this f-list who know their CIA history, and their magic history, and lots of other things besides. Can I get a ruling on how for real any of this is? How about suggestions in general as to books on the CIA that are detailed and interesting without being written by kooks? (This latter question comes up a lot when my students are writing papers, actually.)
A student of mine writes the following in an email. He irritatingly neglects to name the book he's talking about.
( Magic, Mulholland, and MK-Ultra )
So, there are people on this f-list who know their CIA history, and their magic history, and lots of other things besides. Can I get a ruling on how for real any of this is? How about suggestions in general as to books on the CIA that are detailed and interesting without being written by kooks? (This latter question comes up a lot when my students are writing papers, actually.)