Turing’s Sneakers

Nike has shaken up a sport that was almost unchanged from the dawn of human civilisation

(Source: https://kottke.org/18/04/alan-turing-was-an-excellent-runner)

Alan Mathison Turing (1912–1954) is often referred to as the father of modern computing. As digital technology becomes the central fulcrum of global culture and commerce, Turing is treated as a modern Prometheus, and his fame is only increasing. His death, as dramatised in the Benedict…