This week, Peter Thiel called Gawker a “singularly sociopathic bully,” which is also an apt description of the Presidential candidate he supports.
- Why Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about Peter Thiel and “diversity.”
- Long before Comey tried to tip the election, the media created Emailgate.
- Transhumanist Presidential nominee Zoltan Istvan did a Reddit AMA.
- Dave McKenna profiles journalist Jennifer Frey, who drowned in alcohol.
- Odious “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli is still treating life like a zero-sum game.
- More information often means less in the Digital Age.
- Dubai is introducing robot police officers to “make people happier.”
- Data will impact transportation and privacy in America in the near-term future.
- Driverless cars will be designed to be crowdsourcing “lifelong learners.”
- It’s confusing to analyze the Internet Age economy and automation’s impact.
- Uber sold itself as an agent for social good, which has always been bullshit.
- Mars settlers would be significantly altered in short order by their new home.
- The peddling of “packaged air” is a horrifying sign of the times.
- Technology start-ups aim to disrupt the end-of-life industry with Death 2.0.
- Death is coming earlier to a surprising number of Americans.
- Old Print Article: The Muse brothers were from Virginia, not Mars. (1927/28)
- A brief note from 1924 about a schoolroom electric chair.
- A brief note from 1943 about flying cars and trucks.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Tasaday hoax, Marvin Minsky, etc.