Inspiration · on the desk

Worth watching

• Demis HassabisDemis Hassabis at the RSADemis Hassabis · The RSA
• Ethan MollickThe bitter lessonEthan Mollick · YouTube

On the shelf

• A Pattern LanguageTowns · Buildings · ConstructionChristopher Alexander et al.A Pattern LanguageChristopher Alexander et al.
• The Maintenance of EverythingStewart BrandThe Maintenance of EverythingStewart Brand
• 12 BytesHow we got here. Where we might go nextJeanette Winterson12 BytesJeanette Winterson

Each from Bookshop.org, which pays independent bookshops.

At the pictures

• Admit one · screen 1HerSpike Jonze · 2013A man falls for his operating system.SeatF12
• Admit one · screen 1Ex MachinaAlex Garland · 2014A Turing test, in a house in the mountains.SeatG15