Weekly Filet #193: View from above. And more.
I'm pleased to welcome our next guest curator in residence. Starting with this issue and until the end of February, Lara Fritzsche will contribute one recommendation to each issue.
Lara Fritzsche is one of my favourite journalists. She works for SZ Magazin in Munich. If you understand German, read this story of hers about a girl who had survived the Utøya massacre. You can follow Lara on Twitter, which you probably should. She also has a website, which isn't quite done yet, so we'll get back to that next week.
1. Daily Overview
A large collection of stunning aerial images, of mostly man-made structures on this planet. You can also follow them on Instagram and get one new image every day.
2. An Alfred Hitchcock Documentary on the Holocaust (YouTube)
Please – and I'm serious about this! – do not click this link unless you are prepared to see some of the most horrific images you'll ever see. They are nearly unbearable to watch, but then again, as the narrator says towards the very end of the film: «Unless the world learns the lesson these pictures teach, night will fall.» We're not done learning, I'd say.
3. To fall out of love, do this (The New Yorker)
Remember last week's 36 questions that will make people fall in love? The New Yorker counters with 36 questions that will make people fall out of love. Back to square one, then.
4. Back-up brains: The era of digital immortality (BBC)
Death isn't what it used to be.
5. The epic uncool of Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Dissolve)
It's almost a year since Philip Seymour Hoffman died. This extensive critical summary of his career leaves me with tons of films I want to watch.
Recommended by Lara Fritzsche: Predominant.ly
What do David Guetta and Aerosmith have in common? A harvard crimson coloured album cover. Perfect procastrination tool Predominant.ly matches colours with LP covers. Great fun - not only for music lovers.
Shameless self-promotion
Those past few weeks, I've dug deep into sex ratios and worldwide population developments. The result of this investigation is now online at Quartz: Why men outnumber women on earth: a story of drinkers, genocide and unborn girls.