This week, Donald Sterling was finally given his punishment for being a racist creep.
- Old Print Articles: Man barely survives being stranded at, sea gets wooden leg (1935) + American Airlines uses “electronic brain” to keep track of reservations (1950).
- Featured Videos: Magician Doug Henning led the most ridiculous political party ever + Iggy Pop gets upset about the term “punk rock” (1977) + Two pieces of Libertarian propaganda (1970s) + Andy Warhol and Candy Darling on Jane Fonda’s boat + Arthur C. Clarke predicts the outcome of the Space Race (1963) + Michael Crichton explains word processing to Merv Griffin (1983) + Maya Angelou perturbed by Reaganomics (1982).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: My nuts are happy + Need a few sawbucks to end this dying thing + We will pay you for the behavior that is otherwise ruining your life.
- Norman Mailer’s Space Age reportage is about to be republished.
- Technology and politics offer differing approaches for the future.
- Marc Andreessen imagines the future on EconTalk.
- Google self-driving car prototype has no steering wheel or brakes.
- Eventually, drones may assemble high-rise buildings.
- Silicon Valley entrepreneurs really want to wash your clothes.
- Automated factories are even cheaper than sweatshop workers.
- Uber’s CEO is probably a little too excited about being rid of drivers.
- Gerontologist Aubrey de Grey thinks aging is not inevitable.
- Economic forecasts are often hugely wrong. Why?
- Robotics has lagged, but it may be about to speed up.
- The New York Times’ “Innovation Report” is perplexing to some.
- Information wants to be free–and expensive.
- Stores of the future will sell an “experience.”
- Technologically advanced life is probably rare in the galaxy.
- Hackers have “reawakened” a long-decommissioned satellite.
- Don Johnson recalls Hunter S. Thompson’s nurturing side.
- The open office wasn’t an egalitarian impulse but an economic necessity.
- Thanks to Dracula, a Romanian academic became a literary success.
- In a time of climate change, the glass skyscraper may be through.
- Some island nations will likely be swallowed by the sea.
- One of Muammar Gaddafi’s b-ball players recalls the surreal experience.
- A brief note from 1936 about a non-contagious illness.
- A brief note from 1910 about a long face.
- A brief note from 1913 about a mail carrier.
- A brief note from 1913 about a lucky shot.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.