M. Leary

Mad Men (Season 7, Ep. 7) – The Mood of Modernity

  In looking at prior Mad Men episodes, I argued that the series has taken a slight turn toward absurdity, reflective of the way the passing of an age has taken its toll on Don. Epidemiologists often observe the natural history of a disease by simply watching patients suffer their symptoms over time. In a […]

M. Leary

Mad Men (Season 7, Ep. 5) – Something is Off

  “With such a console in his office, an executive can call for the curves that he needs on the screen; then, by touching the screen with the light pen, he can order the computer to calculate new values and redraw the graphs, which it does almost instantaneously.” (Via HBR Blog) — The IBM System/360 […]