Despite having a dissolute manwhore atop the ticket, the GOP has faith ultraconservative Mike Pence can help realize its vision for America.
- Exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky is planning for a post-Putin Russia.
- Werner Herzog talks technology and other things that can help or ruin us.
- Michael Graziano works through the steps required to upload consciousness.
- Nick Bostrom is very concerns about superintelligence. Not everyone agrees.
- Despite what some futurists think, “indefinite lifespans” are not likely close.
- Zoltan Istvan talks immortality, biohacking and anti-doughnut laws.
- The Economist imagines how autonomous cars may remake the world.
- Futurism is fascinating, but we should still invest in the present.
- Nick Bilton believes Pokémon Go a symptom of technological stagnation.
- It may soon be possible for hackers to turn cars into hostage situations.
- LA Weekly looks inside the troubled news company they now call “tronc.”
- It’s not surprising that eSports are plagued by doping and match fixing.
- Old Print Article: Dejected Sergei Eisenstein leaves Hollywood. (1932)
- Old Print Article: Blindfold Chess is dangerous. (1906)
- A note from 1900 about a flexible salesman.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: F.T. Marinetti, nanobots, etc.