Epstein Secrets

Dexter, Harlan Ellison, Edward Fredkin, Bernard Greenberg, Danny Hillis, Douglas Hofstadter, William Komfe

econd question is very dif- ferent. Philosophers and scientists have struggled mightily to understand what pain and pleasure are. I especially like Dennett's (1978) explanation of why that has been so difficult. He argues that pain "works" in different ways at different times, and all those ways have

ture at MIT and author of Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenberg’s Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Sens

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016353 Alex “Sandy” Pentland, an expo

ture at MIT and author of Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenberg’s Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Sens

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016936 Alex “Sandy” Pentland, an expo