This week, Russell Brand led the Labour Party to a big victory in the U.K.
Well, that’s what we’ve been telling him so far.
- Old Print Articles: The moon is envisioned as an “airport” for Earthlings (1940) + Elie Metchnikoff, father of gerontology, passes away (1916).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Drinking our water will make you pregnant + The prison system doesn’t need me right now, so perhaps I could live with you?
- Tom Kizzia visited an experiment in astronaut sequestration in Hawaii.
- Nicholas Lemann wonders if income inequality has caused society to fray.
- Nick Bostrom worries over existential risks but isn’t a confirmed catastrophist.
- In a Reddit AMA, Philip Zimbardo revisits the Stanford Prison Experiment.
- Why did Silicon Valley happen? And why does it continue to happen?
- Steve Wozniak thinks AI will make humans into pets.
- As wild as financial markets can be, conscious AI would likely be more unruly.
- The new technology companies break laws and worry about it later.
- Robots and humans may be a happy team at work–but only for a while.
- Deep Learning–and where it’s headed–threatens technological unemployment.
- Martin Ford doesn’t believe education can counter technological unemployment.
- Vivek Wadhwa believes, in the long term, Labor will be human-free.
- Military-automation research is being conducted by the Navy in San Diego.
- Ethical questions, though important, won’t prevent driverless cars.
- As autonomy is integrated into cars, driver behavior will continually change.
- Wealth inequality is worst in the U.S. and U.K.
- The data-rich tomorrow may mostly benefit the largest technology companies.
- The anti-drone industry will protect you for a fee.
- Even Fran Lebowitz thinks NYC has declined and L.A. has improved.
- If its current drought is merely prelude, how will California change?
- Our ancient DNA confirms that we are all a bunch of bastards.
- DARPA is becoming increasingly invested in synthetic biology.
- Some industrial farmers want to be more ethical, but that may be impossible.
- Verne Gagne, wrestler and promoter, was a huge DuMont TV star.
- A defector discusses her former life in North Korea.
- A decade ago, Scientific American did not make good predictions.
- A brief note from 1882 about a volcano ritual.
- A brief note from 1894 about a masked man.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.