To semi-automatically compose a non-fiction book, or several hundred thousand of them, one can observe the methods of Professor Philip M. Parker (of INSEAD), of whom we have written (semi-automatically) many times. To semi-automatically compose a work of fiction, one can learn much by reading Michelle Legro’s essay in Brain Pickings. It begins: Plotto: The Master Book […]
Tag: Books
Automata authors, the next generation
Professor Philip M. Parker of INSEAD was the pioneer, writing a computer program that wrote thousands and thousands of books (see one of our many appreciations of him). Now, less than donkeys’ years later, there is a next generation. Pagan Kennedy, writing (presumably by herself) in the New York Times, profiles Lambert M. Surhone and […]
Raising Happy Children for Dummies
As with another book we perused, Asperger’s Syndrome For Dummies, you might wonder if there are lots of complaints about the title of this book: Raising Happy Children for Dummies. You might wonder how the title is meant to be parsed. You might wonder who buys the book, and for what reasons. You might wonder all sorts […]
Puzzle: Hoped to Learn What? Teens & Music
Today’s Puzzle of the Day concerns a newly published study. The question is: What, if anything, did the researchers hope to learn by doing this research? The study is: “Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Determine Media Use by Individuals With and Without Major Depressive Disorder,” Brian A. Primack, MD, EdM, MS [pictured here], et al., […]