
Poet Franny Choi on the value of imagining alternate reality
Clip: 12/19/2018 | 3m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Poet Franny Choi on the value of imagining alternate realities
What’s the value of asking questions to which we don’t know the answer? Poet Franny Choi’s “Introduction to Quantum Theory” does just that, and she calls it “one of the scariest things” she’s ever written. Choi offers her brief but spectacular take on imagining alternate realities.
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Poet Franny Choi on the value of imagining alternate reality
Clip: 12/19/2018 | 3m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
What’s the value of asking questions to which we don’t know the answer? Poet Franny Choi’s “Introduction to Quantum Theory” does just that, and she calls it “one of the scariest things” she’s ever written. Choi offers her brief but spectacular take on imagining alternate realities.
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