Asimov wrote the “Caves of Steel” in 1952, which was the basis of the movie “I Robot” (2004). There he foresaw the issues of AI that are just coming to public attention now. Wonderful example of useful scientific philosophy, much more relevant than the pratings of Thomas Kuhn.
I took the bus into Manhattan every day to go to college, always had to stand. But it was a nickel cheaper than taking the train. “It’s no shame to be poor, but it’s no great honor.”(Tevye)
I stopped reading alternate history books about the demise of America — like “Guns of the South” by Turtledove and “The Fatherland” by Harris, just too scary. Now it may become real.
Cheeses are unlike roses, a cheese by any other name would smell as rancid (to me).