Timelords Among Us

This Man Thinks Your TED Talk Is Bullsh*t, This Is An Actual Academic Paper About Tracking Time Travelers Online, The Human Cost Of America's Wildfire Crisis, The Hidden Work Of Abortion Providers, Killer Robots: If No One Pulls The Trigger, Who's To Blame? The Daily Digg Friday, January 3, 2014 EVGENY VS. THE INTERNET This Man Thinks Your TED Talk Is Bullsh*t cjr.org Evgeny Morozov wants to convince us that digital technology can't save the world, and he's willing to burn every bridge from Cambridge to Silicon Valley to do it. LOOKING FOR @MARTYMCFLY This Is An Actual Academic Paper About Tracking Time Travelers Online dailydot.com According to a real study conducted by pair of physics professors at Michigan Technical University, there may be a way to locate time travelers—and it involves Twitter. BEHIND THE BLAZE The Human Cost Of America's Wildfire Crisis vimeo.com On June 30, 2013, 19 firefighters from the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. Huge questions remain about the last moments of their lives. LAVERNE'S STORY The Hidden Work Of Abortion Providers xojane.com U.S. abortion providers have become de facto social workers, fundraisers, and travel agents, to name just a few of their ancillary roles. A WIN-WIN FOR THE MILITARY Killer Robots: If No One Pulls The Trigger, Who's To Blame? theweek.com Humanoid robots raise all sorts of ethical and legal questions. Read more on Digg.com → BOXED IN Apartment blocks form a symmetrical pattern in Hong Kong, on January 2, 2014. Home prices in the southern Chinese city have risen by 120 percent since 2008, and by more than 30 per cent from their previous peak in 1997, with prices in the luxury market being pushed up by wealthy buyers from mainland China. Credit: ALEX OGLE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014