Afflictor: Thinking it would be far more polite if senior citizens…
…would stop laughing out loud when asked if…
…they’re voting for Paul Ryan and his Medicare plan.
- Old Print Article: Lonely farmers install telephone lines. (1901)
- Classic Photograph: Robert E. Peary, Sheltered from the Storm. (1909)
- Featured Videos: Jackie Robinson on What’s My Line? (1969) + Norman Mailer visits Merv Griffin (1980) + Helen Gurley Brown survives Joe Pyne (1960s) + Autonomous robots as unstoppable earthworms + Artists imaginings of the surface of Mars (1972) + David Frost interviews Sirhan Sirhan + Les Paul and Mary Ford demonstrate the multi-track method (1953) + Soft-bodied bots capable of camouflage + Olivetti made computers with a flair for design.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: My impoverished uncle has $600,000 + For now, I am being passive-aggressive + Iron workers have too much disposable income + I believe someone has infiltrated me.
- Herbert Marcuse imagined technology untangled from capitalism.
- Imagining the American North and South as separate entities.
- Singularity Institute CEO Luke Muehlhauser imagines the future.
- Even during his heyday, Jerzy Kosinski was an extreme person.
- Oxford professor wants us to genetically engineer “ethical babies.“
- As Michael Grunwald points out, the stimulus was very effective.
- Irwin Corey accepted the National Book Award for Thomas Pynchon.
- Nike thinks virtual athletic experience will translate into actual exercise
- Human cellular systems (and VHS tapes) suffer generation loss.
- Robots may supplant astronauts in importance during missions.
- Peter Thiel is investing in research for 3-D printed meat.
- Technology is about to markedly shift certain occupations.
- How will the continents change 100,000,000 years from now?
- There are fewer 7-footers in America than you’d think.
- E. coli bacteria may provide the fix for traffic jams.
- The life insurance policy market is creepy, but is it wrong?
- Stores may not stock merchandise in the future.
- A new argument against the likelihood of the Singularity.
- Help build a giant, walking robot that you can ride.
- A brief note from 1877 about a fainting spell.
- A brief note from 1902 about Kit Carson’s son.
- A brief note from 1877 about Mr. Fox’s denial.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.
Wait a minute…you’re not a senior citizen. Why are you laughing?