This week, President George W. Bush’s Scottish Terrier, Miss Beazley, was found dead. The cause is yet to be determined.
- Old Print Articles: Religious sect protests with mass nudity (1905-21) + Doomsday prophet outlives his dark prediction (1929) + Military robot shoots down plane (1928).
- Featured Videos: Rudi Gernreich believed clothes in the future would have to protect our privacy (1973) + Walter Cronkite’s report about the D.B. Cooper hijacking (1971) + Viewtron was an early online service from AT&T and Knight-Ridder (1983) + Legendary British TV producer Sylvia Anderson promoted moon suits (1970) + William S. Burroughs offered questionable advice regarding drugs (1977) + Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson discuss the making of The Last Waltz (1978) + Fran Lebowitz thought technology could make children arrogant (1977).
- Recently posted on NYC’s Craigslist: We also host weddings and bar mitzvahs + My friend is itchy + Ways to get arrested quick!! + No, I mean I’ve really given up.
- When we crave advertisements make us cry, we’re lacking something.
- Douglas Coupland considers how TV has changed in his lifetime.
- Freakonomicist Stephen Dubner did an Ask Me Anything,
- Autonomous car software needs to be thought out legally and morally.
- A peak into the future of autonomous vehicles’ legal issues.
- Jill Abramson’s ouster is another sign of the great pressure on the NYT.
- Loss aversion, not luck, aids a gambler’s hot hand.
- Brookings Fellow Shadi Hamid did an AMA about Middle Eastern Islamists.
- Gary Becker ushered economics into everyday life.
- Cognitive-enhancement devices used by gamers should maybe be regulated.
- McDonald’s is unifying workers–until they can be replaced by robots.
- We’ve come a long way, at least technologically, in the last 20 years.
- Nintendo knew early that fans wanted a community, not just pop culture.
- Moon settlements pose many challenges beyond staggering costs.
- Some billionaires want to build space colonies.
- Perhaps it’s small crowds, not all crowds, that have wisdom.
- We should control automated warfare, but can we?
- Riotous mobs are often actually quite rational and goal-oriented.
- Rory Sutherland points out where classical economists fail.
- Trust-busting and price-gouging are both true of Uber.
- Detroit’s urban decay has become a popular brand.
- More information about Elon Musk’s gigantic battery factory.
- NSA collecting our contacts instead of content shouldn’t calm anxieties.
- A brief note from 1940 about a tired bride.
- A brief note from 1911 about a telephone wedding.
- A brief note from 1911 about a loyal wife.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.