Afflictor: Believing that most of this week felt like a marathon without a finish line.
- Old Print Article: “Dead man” supposedly revived by jiu-jitsu (1910).
- Classic Photographs: The Russian famine leads to cannibalism (1921) + Roald Amundsen was an explorer who ate dogs and extracted teeth (1909).
- Featured Videos: Now there’s underwear that is virtual and vibrating + A Motorola promotional film for cell phones (1980s) + A two-ton walking robot.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Murder is always wrong, but let’s turn a negative into a positive + I’m the last person who should have a sword in his possession + Sitting on the floor isn’t so bad.
- Economist Tyler Cowen answers this question: What if we all died at 40?
- Ray Kurzweil thinks immortality may just be 15 years away.
- Joseph Stiglitz sees Leona Helmsley’s boorish behavior as a harbinger.
- When it comes to debt relief, corporations aren’t treated like people.
- Jonathan Rosenbaum isn’t sad about the collapse of professional film criticism.
- In the Guardian, Russell Brand eulogizes Margaret Thatcher.
- Douglas Rushkoff discusses the anarchic nature of time in the Digital Age.
- David Mamet is going to self-publish his forthcoming book.
- More than 400 years ago, Frantz Schmidt was a famous executioner.
- In the future, your apartment may be an “electric orchestra” or something.
- Automobiles may finally become a mature technology.
- Unlike other frontiers, space may promise survival but not much more.
- Dennis M. Hope believes he is the rightful owner of the moon.
- Is Stanford now just a start-up incubator with a football team?
- A new microchip is so small that it is safe to swallow.
- Our desires may shape the future better than planning ever could.
- A brief note from 1873 about a missing knife.
- A brief note from 1847 about a silenced man.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.