Weekly Filet #100: The Lunacy of the Long-Distance Runner. And more.
Welcome to the 100th issue of the Weekly Filet. It'll be the last one for a few weeks. I'm taking a break to reflect on the concept and to decide how to move on. If you have any inputs or feel like we should talk about a cooperation, please get in touch. – David
This week's top recommendation
Every year, a growing number of runners meet in Athens to run all the way down to Sparta. 245 kilometers, almost 6 consecutive marathons, give or take nonstop running, to be completed in under 36 hours (the winner clocks at a cool 26 hours). The Economist has a nice read on the Spartathlon, centered around a British amateur runner who completed the race for the third time last year. Next time, he vows, we'll come back, but not to run from Athens to Sparta again. But to run from Athens to Sparta – and back.
→ The lunacy of the long-distance runner (The Economist)
Further recommendations
Robots will replace 70% of all jobs. Don't believe it? Check which of the Seven Stages of Robot Replacement you're currently at.
→ Better Than Human: Why Robots Will — And Must — Take Our Jobs (Wired)
Randomness is a tricky thing. And we're not really good at spotting it. But when London was bombed in WWII, understanding randomness was vital. A highly fascinating read.
→ What does randomness look like? (Empirical Zeal)
Creating spaces of imagination from geolocation numbers: Photographs of ordinary places from where ordinary tweets were sent.
→ Geolocation: Tributes to the Data Stream (Larson & Shindelman)
Promising new online publishing platform (from Switzerland): You write, you publish, done. No setup, no distraction.
→ Feathe.rs – Blogless Writing