Weekly Filet #161: Think Inside The Box. And more.
Welcome back, dear readers!
After a short break (the reason is recommendation no 5 below), the Weekly Filet is back. I've added one thing to the usual five recommendations: From now on, the newsletter will include a comic by the always brilliant xkcd.
And with that – enjoy this week's menu.
-- David
«Imagine you wake up, locked inside a box. It’s only just big enough to hold your body but sufficiently small that you can’t move.» A stunning story about people suffering from locked-in syndrome and a doctor who thinks he has found a way to communicate with them.
→ The mind readers (Medium)
This stuck in my mind: «Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists.» A very personal account of a visit to the new «9/11 Memorial Museum», by a man who lost his sister in the attacks.
→ The Worst Day Of My Life Is Now New York’s Hottest Tourist Attraction (Buzzfeed)
What if you didn't share your life on social media with friends and followers, but anonymously with exactly one total stranger? This is what 20 Day Stranger is made for. Love the idea. (expect to be paired with someone from SF or Brooklyn, though)
→ 20 Day Stranger
Illustrations of wonderfully fitting words from various languages that don't exist in other languages. Utepils FTW!
→ 30 Untranslatable Words From Other Languages (Bored Panda) (the project is ongoing, check «Found in Translation»)
The project I've been working on for the past eight weeks is finally ready to launch. Have a look!
→ Introducing Dystopia Tracker