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Special Mystery Edition: A ''Most Wanted'' Poster

June 8, 2015

Today, I have a very special and very weird edition of the newsletter for you. Last week, a mystery dropped through my mail slot. It came in the form of a...

"I Am Your Doppelgänger"

June 5, 2015

1. A new project about a new form of citizenship. "Algorithmic Citizenship is a form of citizenship which is not assigned at birth, or through complex legal...

The Machines Keep Dying

June 4, 2015

1. Some intriguing history in this piece on Uber's effect on Portland's Ethiopian cab drivers. "Berhan fell in behind Kedir Wako, another Broadway driver who...

A Range of Synthetic Smog Recipes

June 1, 2015

1. Air pollution meringues. "This afternoon, the Center for Genomic Gastronomy and I will be offering New Yorkers a chance to taste aeroir, with a side-by-...

A Self-Taught Roller Coaster Maker

May 18, 2015

Hey Everyone, So, it's been a while since you received one of my newsletters. A few weeks ago, I became the editor in chief of Fusion. Since then, I've been...

The Purlicue Apparently

April 28, 2015

1. This is some next-level biohacking. "For those who can bear the pain, biohacking, where computing devices are injected under the skin, provides a novel...

But That Future Only Went Up to 2001

April 22, 2015

1. The Apple Watch is a lock-in mechanism, argues Ian Bogost. "So, even if the Apple Watch does evolve into a more self-contained, independently adept...

His Most Famous Creation, Universe 1

April 22, 2015

1. Stewart Brand argues we're not going through a major extinction event, and that the focus on species going extinct distracts from the real issues with...

A Little More Boredom Would Have Been Welcome

April 16, 2015

1. You knew the New Yorker takeout on missions to pretend to be on Mars would be fascinating, and it is. "A little more boredom would have been welcome...

A Population of Dolphins Who Programmed a Supercomputer

April 14, 2015

1. It's National Dolphin Day, which means it's time to revisit this conceptual video of a space station designed for dolphins to inhabit along with a...

Everything Begins With Attention

April 13, 2015

1. 79 (interesting) theses on technology (and what it means to live in the modern world). Everything begins with attention. It is vital to ask, “What must I...

The First Two of Which Were 1 and 196,883

April 10, 2015

1. We now know there are tons of planets out in the galaxy, including many like Earth, but when might we actually see one? "In terms of resolving and imaging...

The Community in Which It Is Raised

April 7, 2015

1. Ethicists are trying to figure out whether (or when and how) doctors should use brain stimulation on children. "Given this, we argue that brain...

When the Troll Arrives

April 6, 2015

1. Norway auctioned its Cold War-era submarine base for a paltry $5 million. "During the Cold War, Norway built a secret naval base, Olavsvern, that was...

The Tyranny of the Buzz

April 2, 2015

1. Apple admits in Wired that phones are "ruining your life." Ergo, a watch! "[T]he Apple team landed upon the Watch’s raison d’être. It came down to this:...

Artificial Crowd Noise

March 31, 2015

1. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. "occhiolism, n. the awareness of the smallness of your perspective, by which you couldn’t possibly draw any meaningful...

Our Main Energy, People

March 30, 2015

1. This is RF bait: James Lovelock, SimEarth, and superintelligent AI all in one essay. "As humanity tackles the idea of the Anthropocene—the proposed name...

Oligarchy or Benevolent Dictatorship Are Probably More Accurate

March 27, 2015

1. Siva Vaidhyanathan introduces an important new concept to think with: the Cryptopticon. "In Europe, North America, and much of the rest of the world,...

Algorithms From the Outside

March 25, 2015

1. Cheap access to the world of car hacking is now available. "Tomorrow at the Black Hat Asia security conference in Singapore, 24-year-old Eric Evenchick...

Soft Actuators in Couture

March 24, 2015

1. Where the people in architectural renderings come from. "So where do these people come from now? For architects, the process of collecting their...