> At a 2017 conference, MBS illustrated his vision for Neom by comparing two phones. [...] a Nokia 215 phone next to a traditional city layout and an iPhone next to The Line’s vertical layout.
I think there is a lot to be learned just from this single vignette.
This is the one my mind went to, mostly because that cover is so familiar. Granted, I never invested much time in either but was always glad they existed.
wow thanks for leaving this comment - i now realize two things:
1. the farmer's almanac i thought of when i saw the title and even read the article is not going anywhere
2. i have never before heard of the farmer's almanac referred to in this notice
Ditto about the quality of intro. One way to show that "meat" without sharing some arbitrary number of chapters could have been to also include some of the back matter of the book (index, bibliography, etc.) in the sample. For example, I'm reading this:
> If coding really is like sorcery, what does this mean for how we think about computers?
and wondering whether Abelson/Sussman sort of wizardry makes an appearance or not.
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