“You are older at this moment than you’ve ever been before, and it’s the youngest you’re ever going to get. The mortality rate is holding at a scandalous 100 percent.” — Tim Kreider: You Are Going to Die. (Via hubski.com)
The Weekly Sift: “Once you grasp the concept of privileged distress, you’ll see it everywhere: the rich feel ‘punished’ by taxes; whites believe they are the real victims of racism; employers’ religious freedom is threatened when they can’t deny contraception to their employees; English-speakers resent bilingualism — it goes on and on.” (Via hubski.com.)
The Edge: 2013 – What Should We Be Worried About?
“Saturation systems often come equipped with a Helium Speech Unscrambler, a device that slows down the speed of the divers’ voices.” Via hubski.com
“[…] a lesson in the limits of outsourcing and the all too cosy relationships between regulator and regulated that have caused problems across industries from automotive to food and financial services in recent years.” Via hubski.com
“The Uncanny Valley” by Masahiro Mori.
Marina Weisband: A Jewish Pirate in German Politics.
If-by-whiskey…