Great piece, Margaret. (And btw I remember discussing the title with you as you were settling on it.)
It's a great reminder of the extraordinary unpredictable fertility of ideas and innovations -- digital technology evolving from an invention for automating 18th century looms; Russians in Alaska because Leibniz had a conversation with Peter the Great; etc.
Great piece, Margaret. (And btw I remember discussing the title with you as you were settling on it.)
It's a great reminder of the extraordinary unpredictable fertility of ideas and innovations -- digital technology evolving from an invention for automating 18th century looms; Russians in Alaska because Leibniz had a conversation with Peter the Great; etc.
Athanasius Kircher said it so well: "the world is bound by secret knots". Its a life concept to be open to them. Hope yours well too.
I love the way you crochet many things together in this essay, Margaret.
It was such an unexpected thing to receive that email from Russia!