This week, Ted Cruz, who has no chance of being President of the United States, chose Carly Fiorina to never be Vice President.
Well, maybe we could run Syria instead.
No thanks, we’re good.
- Donald Trump, America’s resting bitch face, wasn’t elevated by poor whites.
- Bruce Bartlett says he’s supporting Trump in order to kill off the modern GOP.
- Julia Ioffe wrote a smart profile about Slovenian immigrant Melania Trump.
- Magic Leap Virtual Reality looks like the future to Kevin Kelly’s goggles.
- We may have a very imprecise perception of reality, that slippery thing.
- Next-level healthcare tech involves wearables, ingestibles, etc.
- In 1955, Claude Shannon and Edward O. Thorp co-created the first wearable.
- Juan Enriquez wants to say just one word to today’s graduates: “Lifecode.”
- Bloomberg says “automated journalism” is a win-win proposition. Not likely.
- Elon Musk remarks on driverless vehicles that can replace public transportation.
- Driverless trucks are perhaps the leading threat to Labor.
- Warfare is growing a new face in an age of autonomous machines.
- The Pentagon is investing heavily in AI and robotics.
- The robot revolution in China is coming soon to a nation near you.
- John Markoff recalls the career beginnings of roboticist Rodney Brooks.
- Singapore is attempting to become a next-level “smart country.”
- Disaster tourism is a booming business in Chernobyl.
- Tesla has a modest workaround for China’s odious air pollution.
- Miami is among U.S. cities now developing suburbs with an urban feel.
- Human extinction is more apt to kill us than a car crash.
- The Gig Economy is terrible for Labor, yet many workers prefer it. Why?
- In 1968, Maria Rasputin said her infamous dad was a “kind man.”
- Manson minion Leslie Van Houten may get parole, just as Doris Tate feared.
- Old Print Article: The Dormiphone is a subliminal memory machine. (1950)
- Old Print Article: Robert L. Ripley traveled far and died young. (1955)
- A brief note from 1911 about “false face” masks.
- A brief note from 1925 about a strong man’s death.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Andy Kaufman, Laurie Anderson, etc.