This week, we learned that if you’re a new Saturday Night Live cast member who’s made racist tweets, you’re in trouble, but if you’re a…
…far more racist Presidential candidate, you get to host the show.
- Donald Trump Jr. and Milo Yiannopoulos, odious, alt-right trolls, are profiled.
- Elon Musk wants us to move our brains deeper into the cloud.
- Andrew Sullivan claims before his Internet addiction, he was a human being.
- In 1970, Ramsey Clark feared U.S. citizens would lose their privacy.
- Ryan Avent writes of the challenge of managing the mass automation of work.
- In a more automated society, it isn’t likely everyone can be rapidly upskilled.
- Crowdsourcing driverless-car ethics may leave many dissatisfied.
- Apple’s Airpods might be a “gateway drug” to technological implants.
- Richard Hollingham wonders if all extraterrestrials might be AI.
- H.G. Wells’ social predictions were as vital as his scientific ones.
- Despite the bloody sores on my hands, the paperless office may be upon us.
- Philosopher David Livingstone Smith analyzes the nature of creepiness.
- Old Print Article: Wilbur Glenn Voliva preaches “Flat Earth.” (1924/31/42)
- Old Print Article: Dr. Marage’s synthetic talking machine. (1901)
- A brief note from 1929 about kissing rules in Kansas.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Joe Pyne, Jack Van Impe, etc.