Around 1923 Musil planned to publish a collection of his essays under the title, "Versuche einen anderen Menschen zu finden" (Attempts to Find Another Human Being).

"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future

Moving on from King Lear to Antony and Cleopatra. Subject to correction.

"I give of myself unto thee." -Ottessa Moshfegh

Arthur Goldhammer is a writer and translator. He is the author of the novel Shooting War and the translator of more than 125 works from the French. He is also a senior affiliate of Harvard's Center for European Studies.

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social critique and satire of American culture

Emergence, computation, synergies, resilience, translation, and triangulation in nature, science, sports, literature, and the arts.