Way back when, Woody Allen used to do a stand-up routine about watching his father come home from the office one day with tears in his eyes. “I’ve been fired,” he says to his wife. “They’ve replaced me with a tiny computer that does everything I do, only better.” “Oh, honey”, says Woody’s mom. “Do you know where can I get one of these things?”
30 May 2019, The Tablet
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