Weekly Filet #113: My Favourite National Holiday. And more.
This week's top recommendation
Their music is both melancholic and upbeat, their lyrics both catchy and intelligent – it's hard not to fall in love with The National. Their sixth album, due on Monday, is the perfect iteration, yet another step closer to perfecting their sound. What's more, they have a documentary out, made by singer Matt Berninger's brother, a metalhead who thinks The National are pretty lame.
→ Trouble Will Find Me (The National)
→ Mistaken for Strangers – A Year on Tour with my Brother's Band
Further recommendations
A simple, highly addictive browser game. Five random Google Street View locations, you have to guess where they are. My current highscore: 11618. Can you beat it?
→ GeoGuessr
Unexpectedly intriguing: A Japanese appears to have solved one of the most complex problems of Mathematics. Trouble is: No other Mathematician understands his proof.
→ The Paradox of the Proof (Project Wordsworth)
Should robots be able to decide who and when to kill on their own? The question is less far-fetched than it might seem.
→ The Point of No Return (Rolling Stone)>
An incredibly beautiful music video, filmed entirely through the reflection of an eye's pupil.
→ To The River (Paul Greenhouse, Vimeo)