Weekly Filet #210: The most successful non-homicidal dictator. And more.
1. A League of His Own (Bloomberg Business)
In light of the latest scandal around Fifa and with its ruler Sepp Blatter set to be re-elected for the umpteenth time, give this profile a read. The Guardian once called Blatter «the most successful non-homicidal dictator of the past century» – Bloomberg's longread tells you why.
2. The Fallen of World War II
I'm conflicted whether it dehumanises victims or makes a valid point about scale – probably both –, but it sure is a damn impressive piece of data journalism.
3. Why Men Kill Themselves (Pacific Standard)
In every country in the world, male suicides outnumber female, in some countries by a factor of 10, and the difference is increasing. Why?
4. Artificial Emotions (Nautilus)
How long until a robot cries? A closer look at robots that learn to read human emotions – and tell a fake smile apart from a real one.
5. Fly Through A Colossal Cave: Son Doong in 360° (National Geographic)
Explore the world's largest known cave, the Son Doong in Vietnam. Stunning.
Recommended by Gabriel Vetter: A Man in Full: To Hell and Back in the Chinese Healthcare System (Spiegel Online)
No intro. What a crazy story!
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.