Not Brave, Not New
The expression brave new world is dark and foreboding, meaning Artificial Intelligence is moments away from being our vicious computer overlords and it’s not going to be all skittles and beer. In The Tempest, Shakespeare’s 1610 play, Miranda is a teenager who’s lived on a tiny island with her dad. A ship gets wrecked on the beach and suddenly she discovers a wonderful boy, who, as it happens, is a wealthy prince. She falls in love immediately and, oh, gosh, she’s hornier than a three-balled tomcat. But then something else happens…