This week, we were reminded that the profane is just as vital as the sacred…
…and that everyone needs to stay sharp.
- Old Print Articles: Private zoos become a fad in London (1901) + Marinettii and the Futurists show disdain for sleep and music (1913/25).
- Featured Videos: Stevie Wonder performs a NYC studio concert (1972) +
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist:: Pippa is being a pain + Also convince me that hepatitis is fun + Still cooler than a pogo stick.
- The Senate Democratic “minority” got more votes than the GOP.
- Rejuvenated interest in AI has led to a Wild West mentality.
- Neil Postman knew the mixed blessing of the media revolution.
- David Carr looks at the true meaning of the selfie stick.
- Kevin Kelly did an Ask Me Anything at Reddit.
- Elon Musk did an Ask Me Anything at Reddit.
- David Siegel and other Obama scaremongers are doing quite well.
- Updates on next-phase exoskeletons and social robotics.
- If there’s an apocalypse, what will we eat?
- Ray Kroc was a money-making machine; McDonald’s today is not.
- When it comes to driverless cars, Big Auto has bought in in a big way.
- Audi’s highway-ready driverless vehicle is relatively uneventful.
- Maps, even those of the human brain, can clarify or obfuscate.
- Geoengineering away climate change seems unlikely.
- “Lord” Timothy Dexter may have been America’s first public eccentric.
- General John Allen looks at the impact of the IS on Syria and Iraq.
- Like all terrorist organizations, the IS is a criminal organization.
- Over the next century, there will likely be far fewer languages.
- A mesh network of workers is trying to build the Hyperloop.
- In most of the world, golf participation is on the wane.
- Architects are attempting sustainable stadia for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup.
- Professor Luciano Floridi might be called Google’s Philosopher-in-Chief.
- Under Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran tried to spur and slow a baby boom.
- Other-Earths were in focus at the American Astronomical Society event.
- The human species has clearly been bad for other species.
- Eastman Kodak Brownies were a democratizing tool.
- The real reason (not online retail) that some malls are dying.
- One troubling thing about the novel In the Light of What We Know.
- A brief note from 1936 about a superman.
- A brief note from 1937 about a nudist colony.
- A brief note from 1910 about finger food.
- A brief note from 1881 about an alcoholic alligator.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.