Amazon’s deus ex machina | Women in the boardroom | Good morning,squid | Asterix and the Aztecs | Derek and CliveWe installed an Echo at domestic, when they first were released in the UK. One evening, and during a time of prayer in our church homegroup,Alexa thought she/he/it was being addressed (Want to know who God is? Now you can put a question to Alexa, 25 May). As the group sat, and heads bowed in contemplation,the device broke into the silence as a voice of still calm: “I’m sorry, I cannot attend you.” Startled, and we looked up,with one shocked participant saying: God just spoke – she’s a woman and can’t attend us!” The lesson, is that modern technology might challenge as well as build faith.
Matt Jones
Swansea• We have one woman already on the board, and so we are done” (Report,1 June). Ah yes: woman as cappuccino machine (“but we’ve already got one!”), to quote the glorious Tina Fey.
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London School of EconomicsContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com