Weekly Filet #207: It's rocket science. And more. And even more.
1. Elon Musk: The World’s Raddest Man (Wait But Why)
Don't judge this piece by its title, it's way better. Tim Urban, quite likely the smartest and wittiest blogger in the whole web, recounts meeting Elon Musk. Elon Musk, the man who wants to change how we power our homes (and the world, ultimately) and how we get from A to B (where B is Mars, ultimately). A great profile of a fascinating person. If the humble intro cartoons don't win you over, I don't know what ever will.
2. When Your Surgeon Really Is a Hack (Dark Matters)
Hundreds of thousands of surgeries are already carried out by remotely controlled robots. Their big advantage over human surgeons: Their metal hands don't shake. Unless they have been hacked, that is. 😳
3. 10 early take-aways from the UK elections (Politico)
«Cam Again», The Economist drily titles today. Politico Europe has a good summary of Britain's general elections for Non-Brits.
4. Antarctica (Kalle Ljung / Vimeo)
8 minutes of pure beauty. Lean back and enjoy.
5. Keith – A Short Film (Luke Kondor)
«Keith was made in 7 days with no money, no ideas, and no camera.»
Recommended by Gabriel Vetter: The Incredible Rarity of Changing Your Mind (This American Life)
A podcast from the very loved crew at «This American Life». This podcast asks the question why, although we always discuss and argue with people who have different opinions than we have, we never really change our minds. And if, rarely, we do, why that happens.
(Actually, in the process of choosing this link for the Weekly Filet, I first wanted to share a different link; a video showing breathtaking, rare footage of postwar Berlin. But then I changed my mind. Or, as the great spoken word artist Taylor Mali says in one of his most famous poems: «Changing your mind is one of the best ways of figuring out whether or not you still have one.»
May guest curator: Gabriel Vetter is a slam-poet and writer from Switzerland. He is the head writer and one of the protagonists of a TV-series called «Güsel – Die Abfalldetektive» (literally: the trash detectives), which is so great you should actually learn Swiss German just to understand it. You can follow Gabriel on Twitter, at your own risk, of course.
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