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If How the Mind Works offers a smooth and surprisingly pleasant ride over some pretty rugged intellectual terrain, it is because Pinker writes in the same breezy style that brightens his classroom lectures. He likes to quote Mae West ("Men like women with a past because they hope history will...
China's extensive laogai ("reform through labor") political prison camp system more than rivals the horrors of the Soviet gulags. Not only does China use forced prisoner labor for megalomanical domestic infrastructure projects, the political prisoner population is also used as slave labor for the export market, producing products that...
The plot that somehow has to encompass all of these abstract ideas is scattered and somewhat artificial. Although the story is occasionally gripping, Wenders pressures his unbelievable tale to communicate some very weighty ideas, many of which it just can't support.
There's also a wealth of hands-on exhibits showcasing researching in artificial intelligence, robotics, networkings and the like. Try mixing a Lou Rawls song or asking a futuristic phone booth for directions back to Leverett House.
Friday's game poses an added twist, as the team will play on the Big Red artificial turf.