The Future is Now: Morning Report 12/30/13
"When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction." - Steven Wright
Pictured Above: A Surreal interpretation of time, by photographer Christopher McKenney. [See more...]
Relevant and less-than-relevant goings-on from around the interwebs:
- Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula 1 history, remains in a medically-induced coma after being left in critical condition by a ski accident. [CNN]
- The Future is Now: The year ahead in amazing scientific and technological innovations, including a computer that learns from its own mistakes. And the other ideas the mattered this year and those that'll matter next. All that being said, it's important that we remember the past, particularly these minds who gave us tomorrow. Will there ever be a smart pill to increase the number of these societal contributors? [Telegraph, NYT, New Scientist, NPR, Salon]
- Waxing Tech-Nostalgic: Professional computer geeks remember their first . Who woulda thunk they'd end up all small and on top of our desks? Science fiction authors, for one. [Ars Technica, Motherboard]
- Don't Trust Anyone: NSA's TAO hacking unit reportedly intercepted packages of electronic purchases made online to plant back end spy malware... [Spiegel]
- Think About It: Musings and such on, you know, life and such. [Brain Pickings]
- Picture Book: The best photo essays from 2013. [Fast.Co Exist]
- Behind Enemy Lines: Inside the making of Lone Survivor, the true story of one of the deadliest ever attacks on the Navy SEALS. [Men's Journal]
- Boy Meets Girl: Idiot men, devil women — and nothing's changed.
Also, did you know... The strongest creatures on Earth are the gonorrhea bacteria, pulling 100,000 times their own body weight. [HuffPo]