This week, one set of guardians proved popular…
…and another not so much.
- Old Print Articles: Guglielmo Marconi dies from a stroke in his Roman castle (1937) + Parisian cocaine dealer hides stash in man’s wooden leg (1922) + Blindfold chess blamed for Harry Nelson Pillsbury’s insanity (1906).
- Featured Videos: J.G. Ballard feared a “boring future” (1986) + Racecar drivers Stirling Moss and Ray Harroun experienced different outcomes (1960s) + Dick Cavett recalls his Watergate experience + Stanley Milgram tests the obedience to authority at Yale (1962).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Is someone coming between William and Kate? + Or perhaps the royal couple just farts too much?
- The “robot apocalypse” might have some bearing on your career.
- David Graeber and Thomas Piketty debate the modern economic system.
- Driverless cars will have consequences, some intended and some not.
- The new technologies are amazing, so why aren’t we amazed?
- The Internet of Things will diminish privacy even more.
- David Simon, an unlikely optimist, believes in the Baltimore Orioles.
- J. Paul Getty was a billionaire whose thrift seemed pathological.
- A radical weather event may have influenced Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
- Coke is under siege from health concerns and market factors.
- It’s difficult to make a true distinction between legal and illegal highs.
- American colleges can educate you, but they can’t create a job for you.
- China’s businesses are often not invested with the Internet.
- Some think AI can’t be human-like. But does it need to be?
- The myth of the lone genius has some negative consequences.
- Green Growth could change economics as well as environment.
- The Internet is an experiment, and we are the lab rats.
- Soldiers will soon be armed with pocket drones.
- By 1985, Fischer was merely a shadow of himself.
- Hollywood blockbusters now need to satisfy China.
- Physicist George Ellis is perplexed by science’s anti-philosophy strain.
- Farming was a healthy endeavor until it became hierarchal.
- Suburban American lawns are useless and costly.
- Japan wants a robot event in the 2020 Summer Games.
- A hypnophobic is interviewed about the fear of sleep.
- A brief note from 1902 about lucky stiffs.
- A brief note from 1933 about a clap of thunder.
- A brief note from 1910 about a dutiful son.
- A brief note from 1911 about a jealous miner.
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