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This week, Donald Sterling was finally given his punishment for being a racist creep.

• Old Print Articles: Man barely survives being stranded at, sea gets wooden leg (1935) + American Airlines uses “electronic brain” to keep track of reservations (1950).

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• Marc Andreessen imagines the future on EconTalk.

• Google self-driving car prototype has no steering wheel or brakes.

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• Silicon Valley entrepreneurs really want to wash your clothes.

• Automated factories are even cheaper than sweatshop workers.

• Uber’s CEO is probably a little too excited about being rid of drivers.

• Gerontologist Aubrey de Grey thinks aging is not inevitable.

• Economic forecasts are often hugely wrong. Why?

• Robotics has lagged, but it may be about to speed up.

• The New York Times’ “Innovation Report” is perplexing to some.

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• Some island nations will likely be swallowed by the sea.

• One of Muammar Gaddafi’s b-ball players recalls the surreal experience.

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• Old Print Articles: Long Island cult tries to make baby immortal (1939) + New York State executioner commits suicide (1929) + Miser dies in Brooklyn (1903).

• Featured Videos: Fran Lebowitz visits David Letterman (1983) + Isaac Asimov explains how the human race can survive on Earth (1989) + Designer Mary Quant appears on What’s My Line? (1966) + Sir Edmund Hillary discusses working at high altitudes (1977) + Harry Reems talks about being pursued by the FBI (1976) + Germaine Greer opines on the nature of creativity (1979).

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• David Carr delves into the Jill Abramson firing fiasco.

• In 1982, Marvin Minsky wondered whether computers could think.

• In 1997, Drew McDermott believed computers had achieved thought.

• Extreme Memory Tournament competitors help explain total recall.

• Google seeks unorthodox ways to get ads to your eyeballs.

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• EVs have a real opportunity to gain on gas-fueled cars.

• Ken Silverstein explains why Big Oil is so corrupt.

• Eccentric college football coach Mike Leach did an Ask Me Anything.

• Bronze Age expert Eric H. Cline did an Ask Me Anything.

• 4D printing is being worked out even before 3D printing is popularized.

• Ray Bradbury’s home is for sale. 

• Joshua Ferris discusses being a novelist in the Internet Age.

• In 1961, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes sat for a BBC radio interview.

• Tom Robbins talks Hunter S. Thompson and Philip Roth.

• We’re very attracted to dystopic art. Why?

• It isn’t easy for economists to frame the climate-change debate.

• Amazon is transforming downtown Seattle into a company town.

• David Cronenberg talks about the car’s place in the Sexual Revolution.

• In computing, we’re heading from the cloud into the fog.

• Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden are imperfect, but…

• A look at the very beginning of the print newspaper.

• Prince Rupert zu Loewenstein, Rolling Stones money manager, passed away.

• Happiness shouldn’t necessarily be your main goal.

• A brief note from 1911 about light exercise.

• A brief note from 1932 about true love.

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This week, President George W. Bush’s Scottish Terrier, Miss Beazley, was found dead. The cause is yet to be determined.

• Old Print Articles: Religious sect protests with mass nudity (1905-21) + Doomsday prophet outlives his dark prediction (1929) + Military robot shoots down plane (1928). 

• Featured Videos: Rudi Gernreich believed clothes in the future would have to protect our privacy (1973) + Walter Cronkite’s report about the D.B. Cooper hijacking (1971) + Viewtron was an early online service from AT&T and Knight-Ridder (1983) + Legendary British TV producer Sylvia Anderson promoted moon suits (1970) + William S. Burroughs offered questionable advice regarding drugs (1977) + Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson discuss the making of The Last Waltz (1978) + Fran Lebowitz thought technology could make children arrogant (1977).

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• Douglas Coupland considers how TV has changed in his lifetime.

• Freakonomicist Stephen Dubner did an Ask Me Anything,

• Autonomous car software needs to be thought out legally and morally.

• A peak into the future of autonomous vehicles’ legal issues.

• Jill Abramson’s ouster is another sign of the great pressure on the NYT.

• Loss aversion, not luck, aids a gambler’s hot hand.

• Brookings Fellow Shadi Hamid did an AMA about Middle Eastern Islamists.

• Gary Becker ushered economics into everyday life.

• Cognitive-enhancement devices used by gamers should maybe be regulated.

• McDonald’s is unifying workers–until they can be replaced by robots.

• In 1964, Ray Bradbury thought the Space Age would outdo the Renaissance.

• We’ve come a long way, at least technologically, in the last 20 years.

• Nintendo knew early that fans wanted a community, not just pop culture.

• Moon settlements pose many challenges beyond staggering costs.

• Some billionaires want to build space colonies.

• Perhaps it’s small crowds, not all crowds, that have wisdom.

• In 1971, Bobby Fischer could barely contain his serious mental issues.

• We should control automated warfare, but can we?

• Riotous mobs are often actually quite rational and goal-oriented.

• Rory Sutherland points out where classical economists fail.

• Trust-busting and price-gouging are both true of Uber.

• Detroit’s urban decay has become a popular brand.

• In 1979, Werner Ernhard married Est to race-car driving.

• More information about Elon Musk’s gigantic battery factory.

• NSA collecting our contacts instead of content shouldn’t calm anxieties.

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