Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But most recently Cage has been composing his Norton lectures. He says that he has incorporated the principles of I Ching into a computer program that simulates the "binary probability function" produced by tossing the sticks. Computers can perform the random operations and interpret the results much faster than humans...
When composing the lectures, six of which are delivered by a scholar in either the arts, literature or music each year, Cage enters passages from famous literary works into a computer. The machine then outputs randomly juggled words and phrases which Cage melds into a speech.
"I come up with a large body of material with the computer that results in a non-syntactical group of words," he says. "Then I go through and hunt for the words I want to use together. But the hunting is actually for ideas. The words come from ideas, and...
Because his lectures are presented as they are written, with the composer reciting the words which the computer produces in a completely random order, Cage is offering seminars at Harvard this year to explain what his style and compositions mean.
The problems of returning to work have grown more serious in recent years because of rapid technological advances. New skills are necessary--such as computer literacy--so it has become increasingly more difficult for women re-entering the work force to find jobs. "Jobs are going to become more technical...