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THE LITTLE I AND THE BIG UNIVERSE OF AUTOMATION
WHO HASN'T FELT slightly desperate at hearing that list of 11 automated options at the other end of the phone: "Please press 1," etc., etc.
True, automation technology is generally saving labor, saving money, making things more broadly efficient. And although no one wants to go back to rotary dialing or typewriters, everything is poised to increase exponentially in the fields of artificial intelligence and nanotechnology—the science of programming incredibly miniscule mechanisms to "learn" and rapidly reproduce themselves in ever more capable forms.
About the author
Allison "Skip" Phinney is a Christian Science practitioner and teacher. He lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

October 24, 2005 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from ALISON WEAVER, BILLYE PORTER, ROBERT STAEDEL, JR., DON MERRIN, MARY MARGARET STEWART, BEATRICE LABARTHE, MARK TEAGUE
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Christlike comforters
STEVE GRAHAM, MANAGING EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Steve Massey, Richard N. Ostling
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Giving evidence of God's presence
By Margaret Rogers
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The healing mission of the Christian Science nurse
with contributions from EVA BOONE HUSSEY, LINDA BUMPUS, ROBIN TAMM-BUCKLE, DANIEL ABBEY
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Why I am a Christian Science nurse
with contributions from Heather Worley, Michael Narssia, Suzanne Lovins, Pedro Manzenza, Everlyn Nyadenya, Joy Meikle, Betty Jo Hunt
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She was there for me
Jan Kassahn Keeler
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING—A CURATIVE ART
SHARON STRONG
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A BOOK WITHOUT COVERS
VIRGINIA STOPFEL
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THE LITTLE I AND THE BIG UNIVERSE OF AUTOMATION
ALLISON PHINNEY
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PRAYER WINS FREEDOM FROM A DEBILITATING ILLNESS
LUEBERDA MCCLAIN