This week, Anthony Weiner sexted yet another lady.
- Donald Trump’s political aspirations are one flush from disappearing down the vortex, but the stench will linger.
- American democracy could fall apart despite our laws and customs.
- Utopia is no longer a goal of U.S. communities outside of Silicon Valley.
- President Obama’s embrace of Silicon Valley is both good and bad.
- Guaranteed Basic Income may be just a palliative, more bread & Kardashians.
- Paul Mason thinks information technology had a unique impact on capitalism.
- Zoltan Istvan explores Jacque Fresco’s automated, resource-based economy.
- Buckminster Fuller’s ideas still resonate in the Digital Age.
- Automated weaponry is a linchpin of America’s military future.
- Charlie Brooker talks the challenge of being a satirist in an extreme era.
- Future crime may involve AI stealing the voices and faces of the unsuspecting.
- The E-sports arena spectacle is booming. Is it lasting?
- A brief note from 1910 about a movie that was too realistic.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Italo Balbo, Aaron Burr, etc.