The Art of Looking Sideways

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Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel

Daniel Mendelsohn
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The New Yorker
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August 29, 2011
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People

Arthur Rimbaud’s brief career, powerfully narrated here by Daniel Mendelsohn in The New Yorker.

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Rebel Rebel

Daniel Mendelsohn
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The New Yorker
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August 29, 2011
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People

Arthur Rimbaud’s brief career, powerfully narrated here by Daniel Mendelsohn in The New Yorker.

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The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

Amanda Gefter
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Nautilus
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February 5, 2015
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People

Walter Pitts rose from the streets of Detroit to MIT, partnered with Warren McCulloch and revolutionised the way we think about psychiatry. He laid the foundations for cybernetics and artificial intelligence but was ultimately haunted by the need to find logic and order in a chaotic world.

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The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

Amanda Gefter
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Nautilus
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February 5, 2015
  |  
People

Walter Pitts rose from the streets of Detroit to MIT, partnered with Warren McCulloch and revolutionised the way we think about psychiatry. He laid the foundations for cybernetics and artificial intelligence but was ultimately haunted by the need to find logic and order in a chaotic world.

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