Automation of human work will be one of the defining issues of the coming ten, twenty years. We’ve entered a phase where robots not only replace physical work previously done by humans, but brain work. This brief 15 minute explainer video by CGP Grey does a great job putting the development in historical perspective – and points out why hardly anyone’s job will be safe. Better watch it now before a robot does it for you.
From Weekly Filet #174, in August 2014.
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In the future, Google might send you an alert if it detects cancer in your body.
From Weekly Filet #172, in August 2014.
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«I wake up at four to some old-timey dubstep spewing from my pillows. The lights are flashing. My alarm clock is blasting Skrillex or Deadmau5 or something, I don’t know. You see, my house has a virus again.»
From Weekly Filet #169, in July 2014.
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Every single time I’m in a big city, it strikes me how broken city traffic is. This sounds like an interesting project: Helsinki wants to integrate public transport and on demand services in one network that will render car ownership obsolete.
From Weekly Filet #168, in July 2014.
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«Imagine you wake up, locked inside a box. It’s only just big enough to hold your body but sufficiently small that you can’t move.» A stunning story about people suffering from locked-in syndrome and a doctor who thinks he has found a way to communicate with them.
From Weekly Filet #161, in May 2014.
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A 15’000 word beast that will blow your mind right from the start.
From Weekly Filet #152, in February 2014.
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An incredibly long article that will tell you everything you didn’t know you wanted to know about self-driving cars.
From Weekly Filet #140, in December 2013.
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A friendly reminder: It’s not enough to have seen and tweeted out this piece. Read and watch it from top to bottom. It’s the best, most comprehensive piece on the most important story of the year.
From Weekly Filet #136, in November 2013.
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Brace yourselves for the firewalled heart. Today, people’s email or Facebook accounts are hacked. Tomorrow, their bodies.
From Weekly Filet #131, in October 2013.
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You say you’ve read enough about surveillance? No, you haven’t. Key quote from this good article: «Personalization is another word for discrimination.»
From Weekly Filet #121, in July 2013.
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