PlatoattheGoogleplex

Copyright © 2014 by Rebecca Goldstein All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House companies. Pantheon Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC. Owing to limitations of space, permissions to reprint from previously published material are listed following the bibliographical note. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goldstein, Rebecca, [date] Plato at the Googleplex : why philosophy won’t go away / Rebecca Goldstein. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. HC ISBN 978-0-307-37819-4 EBK ISBN 978-0-307-90887-2 1. Plato—Influence. 2. Philosophy—History—21st century. 3. Imaginary conversations. I. Title. B395.G4435 2014 184—dc23 2013029660 www.pantheonbooks.com Cover design by Pablo Delcán v3.1_r1 FOR HARRY AND ROZ PINKER CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Prologue α Man Walks into a Seminar Room β Plato at the Googleplex γ In the Shadow of the Acropolis δ Plato at the 92nd Street Y ε I Don’t Know How to Love Him......