Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic, writes a very interesting post explaining how to convince skeptics that climate change is a problem. While he believes in climate change, he makes a bunch of valid points about how scientists have […]
Yival Noah Harari, author of Sapiens (which I recommended a few weeks ago), wrote a new book called Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow. This is an excerpt discussing how he believes AI will create a new class of […]
Amy Webb makes an argument calling for the US to develop a “Biology Strategy” to address the rise of CRISPR gene editing. This is coincidentally the topic addressed in all-too-real science fiction author Daniel Suarez’s new book Change Agent, which I […]
Finally, research settles the dispute of how many autonomous vehicles it takes to alleviate traffic. One. | learn more
Wired magazine profiles Improbable, the UK company that’s building virtual worlds with its SpatialOS platform. | learn more
Oliver Cameron, the CEO of autonomous taxi upstart Voyage, does a great job of explaining what LIDAR (the technology used in most autonomous vehicles) is and how it works, it’s history, and its future. | learn more
Superstar VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (aka A16Z) has put together what they call an “AI Playbook”. If you’re the kind of person asking “How do I get started with artificial intelligence?” or “What can I do with AI in my own […]
Holly Maniatty is a sign language interpreter. She has worked on-stage alongside the Wu-Tang Clan, Killer Mike, and the Beastie Boys. It’s quite a sight. | learn more
Can you guess how many times you would need to fold a paper in half before it’s thick enough to reach the moon? Remember from last week: humans are bad at non-linear thinking. | learn more
“Taking time to be totally, gloriously, proudly unproductive will ultimately make you better at your job…” | learn more