THE FEED: FEB 23RD
What we're reading:
The mystery of King George VI's stutter
(Slate): "'The King's Speech' raises more questions about stuttering than it answers"
Pip in Calcutta
(Independent): A new production of Dickens's "Great Expectations" is set in 19th-century India
That enigmatic smile
(Guardian): The identity of the "Mona Lisa" is known, yet speculation continues
Today's quote:
“It’s as if you kneel to plant the seed of a tree and it grows so fast that it swallows your whole town before you can even rise to your feet.”
~ Jaron Lanier, computer scientist, on the information age, as quoted in, "How We Know" (New York Review of Books)
Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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quote It's often seemed to me that Shakespeare might well have been a simply brilliant editor as well as a beyond-extraordinary writer