Reminds of how AI still hasn't generated something as heartbreaking as the 9th chapter in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country, wherein disembodied voices cry out to sublet a room or lay down a stake in Shantytown. Over the course of just a few pages, he fully captures the misery of Apartheid to the point that I considered just quitting the book: I thought for a second, this morning that I couldn't handle reading much further.
Reminds of how AI still hasn't generated something as heartbreaking as the 9th chapter in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country, wherein disembodied voices cry out to sublet a room or lay down a stake in Shantytown. Over the course of just a few pages, he fully captures the misery of Apartheid to the point that I considered just quitting the book: I thought for a second, this morning that I couldn't handle reading much further.
A 2025 book "Nations Apart: How clashing regional cultures shattered America" by Colin Woodard belongs on our radar screen.
Thanks for the link to "Hamliton" Nolan. ;-) Always appreciate finding someone new!