Weekly Filet #131: The Age of The World Target. And more.
This week's top recommendation
A mere ten days after the end of the cruel terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, the world's attention has shifted to other matters. Kenyan-American historian Tavia Nyong'o writes why we shouldn't get Westgate off our minds just as quickly: «Westgate is anymall, whereever.» And the attack is a strong reminder that «you are always on someone’s grid, and you are never far from someone’s battlefield».
→ Nairobi in the Age of the World Target (The New Inquiry)
Further recommendations
Construction robots + virtual 3D illusions = a mind-bending live performance.
→ Boy (Devour)
Trenchant media critique: How reports on the US government shutdown would read if it happened in some other country.
→ If It Happened There...the Government Shutdown (Slate)
Brace yourselves for the firewalled heart. Today, people's email or Facebook accounts are hacked. Tomorrow, their bodies.
→ Your body is the next frontier in cybercrime (The Conversation)
From the always brilliant Aatish Bhatia: «The physics of sperm vs. the physics of sperm whales», explained in a four minute video.
→ In a sperm’s journey, physics meets biology and art (Empirical Zeal)
Book recommendation
Pulphead, by John Jeremiah Sullivan
«powerful essays from a masterful voice» – Benoît Perrier
This is one of over 50 recommendations by readers of the Weekly Filet, compiled on this list: Filter bubble bursting book recommendations (you can also add your own).