Weekly Filet #143: A History of the Future. And more.
This is a great question to address in a book: What are the 100 objects that future historians will pick to define the 21st century? Adrian Hon, CEO of a games company, takes the view from the 2180s to find answers. On the book's website, you'll find almost half of the chapters freely available, so start diving into this «story of how we became more connected than ever before, with objects like Babel, Silent Messaging, the Nautilus-3, and the Brain Bubble — and how we became fragmented, both physically and culturally, with the Fourth Great Awakening, and the Biomes.»
→ A History of the Future in 100 Objects (Adrian Hon)
Magical: Long exposure shots of traffic lights in the fog.
→ Traffic Lights Turn Fog into Colorful Visions (Designer Burst)
Five years have passed since the onset of what is sometimes called the Great Recession. Why have no high-level executives been prosecuted? A former NYC district judge attempts to explain.
→ The Financial Crisis: Why Have No High-Level Executives Been Prosecuted? (The New York Review of Books)
A beautiful essay on heartbeats.
→ Joyas Volardores (The American Scholar)
As always, the brilliant Alan Taylor offers the best rear mirror view on this closing year.
→ 2013: The Year in Photos (Part 2, Part 3)
For more reading: Weekly Filet Collections
Currently, two collections of Weekly Filet reads from the archive are available. «Unputdownable Stories» and «The Future is Now».