I'm a sucker for good writing

.. and in particular for some reason when it's done by a Russian (Rand, Nabokov) and I'm diving in head-first when it's about Chess. As a cherry on top in this case, I was nominated along with some other folks for a CLIO award in 1997 for Best Event Web Site -- Kasparov vs. Deep Blue (this link goes to Wikipedia's entry on the events), so I have a dog in the race in a loose way.

In any event, here is a brilliant essay on technology and human intelligence (and of course Chess) written by the guy himself.