Tag: Books

Time Flies…

In the 1960s one of the first computer programs designed to decipher the meaning of sentences was asked to analyze the classic of all statements about temporal movement, “Time flies like an arrow.” It came up with the following message: Time proceeds as an arrow does (that is, quickly or in a direction) One should measure the speed of flies… Read more →

Crossing Over…

Two boatmen rowing their coracles across the Tungabhadra river to get to their next customers. Taken at the ruins at Hampi, this picture reminds me of my favorite book Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. The book tells the story a brahmin boy Siddhartha and his journey to his ultimate quest of enlightenment. The story follows him thru his experiences as an… Read more →