This week, Ben Carson made a direct appeal to the American women most likely to vote for him.
- Old Print Article: Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long’s assassin laid to rest (1935).
- Reagan scriptwriter Peggy Noonan blames Obama for the GOP meshuganah.
- Read the Transhumanist Party line on religious subsidies, climate change, etc.
- Sensory Deprivation Tanks are making a comeback in the Digital Age.
- The Dallas Cowboys used sensory deprivation tanks, neuropsychology, etc.
- Sportscaster Al Michaels gets a failing grade at history and economics.
- Driverless cars will learn and share their knowledge with other autos.
- Liability may stall driverless, but job destruction will be a bigger issue.
- 3D printing may make small automobile startups plausible.
- Reconstructing brains from data isn’t impossible but it’s not on the horizon.
- DARPA is using neurotechnologies to try to develop “super soldiers.”
- Energy may become cleaner and cheaper in the near future.
- Read about an 18-year-old venture-capital analyst and then shoot me.
- Amazon has patented smart glasses to allow wireless viewing of films.
- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin lived his last nine years in seclusion.
- Wankers at the Economist explain how free porn makes a profit.
- A brief note from 1901 about a family reunion.
- A brief note from 1901 about an older brother.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.