This week, there was good news for President Trump’s campaign. A full 1.3% of Americans said they would consider voting for him if he could pull a living Abraham Lincoln out of his rectum.
I’d rather be in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre.
- Old Print Article: French aviation pioneer Robert Esnault-Pelterie predicts a trip to the moon is possible (1928).
- Russ Roberts and Adam Davidson don’t know why Uber is disliked.
- Futurist Stowe Boyd imagines the nature of corporations in 2050.
- In 1968, James R. Berry predicted what life would be like in 2008.
- Sir Martin Rees believes AI, not humans, will fully understand the cosmos.
- Douglas Coupland considers the effects of pharmacology and the Internet.
- Yuval Harari thinks the next Lenin-level leaders are in Silicon Valley.
- Cybersecurity expert John McAfee write a Snowden article that is wow.
- Noam Chomsky and Lawrence Krauss agree only robots should explore space.
- Bob Guccione Jr. celebrates the 30th anniversary of Spin with an AMA.
- Vivek Wadha is bullish on the near-term future of robotics.
- Illah Reza Nourbakhsh looks at the dystopic side of the robotic future.
- Google X may ultimately be moonshot or crater.
- The Internet of Things could make a world-changing impact.
- Nicholas Carr explains how cartography went from passive to active.
- Bill Gates discusses the potential impact of driverless cars.
- Steve Wozniak thinks AI will keep humans as pets.
- Peter Thiel isn’t going to become immortal, but he’s still trying.
- Ray Kurzweil believes by the 2030s nanobots will be thinking for us.
- Derek Thompson considers a future world without work.
- Two Harvard Business Review articles about robots in the workplace.
- Softbank’s Pepper is an “emotional robot,” oy gevalt.
- Cars, those rolling computers, are prone to hacks.
- Humanities could be pushing back at the Digital Age.
- In 1975, Peter Benchley and Roy Scheider discussed their new film, Jaws.
- A.O. Scott writes about America’s affection for perpetual adolescence.
- An automated grocery store may be built in Iowa.
- In 1937, the Keedoozle was the first automated grocery store.
- Richard Dawkins explains if we can revive our distant ancestor Lucy.
- Some in South Carolina still cling to the Confederate flag.
- Saudi Arabia makes progress with green energy and women’s rights.
- A brief note from 1912 about a corseted actor.
- A brief note from 1930 about an ex-cop.
- A brief note from 1876 about a meat shower.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.