Weekly Filet #240: Welcome to hell. And more.
1. The Uninhabitable Earth, Annotated Edition (New York Magazine)
The original version of this text has been read more than 2 million times and has sparked a major controversy. Which boils down to the question: Is it careless to write about climate change by assuming worst-case scenarios rather than ones that are more likely? Or is it careless not to? The autor has doubled down and delivered a heavily annotated version of the text. Excellent read.
2. Curta: a mechanical pocket calculator (Technophilic Magazine)
I'm years late to this, but totally flabbergasted. What a great piece of engineering.
3. Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters (Pudding)
Men have all the gadgets, women – or should I say: girls? – have all the mental powers, even divine powers.
4. Airport Controls (Nicolas Kayser-Bril)
How airport controls paved the way for the attacks on personal freedoms.
5. 5 Things to Know about the Trillion-Ton Iceberg (Scientific American)
A titanic iceberg on the move. Is climate change to blame? And where is it going next?