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This is a bigger set of changes than the first one, but again focuses the arc appropriately.

This does sound like a good movie arc.

Some great points on how board games should inform video game design.

A classic answer. Just don't do it.

I remember watching this short on the computers in high school. "Elegia" (the song in the video) was one of my first iTunes Store purchases. Lovely metaphor too.

How were we ever this stupid? Add in the high-altitude nukes and we almost made LEO uninhabitable.

Cool.

I always thought it was a good idea to have a shared platform. Seems like it would have been better to build two or three planes that shared a lot of common internal parts but appropriately optimized airframes.

I think he gets too personal going after Musk, but makes some good criticisms of the insanely low cost of the Hyperloop.

Cool, though I suspect it underestimates imperial China's power.

Yup.

Cool perspective on early scientific "hacks".

Food science! I wonder when I'll be able to have some delicious selfmeat.

Interesting. I know in the canon Catwoman is a times a hero, but I agree with this deconstruction that here she is much more complex than in most tellings.

Cool. I don't remember this from SoundJam MP (which I used), but I do remember the disc burn sound from iTunes. I didn't make the connection to iOS texting until later.

Oops. Spoiled myself for some Matt Smith stuff. I should really catch up.

I like that he thinks big. I'd like to think that we can build this, but I think that there are too many entrenched interests.

Wow. We almost made Low Earth Orbit inhospitable with high-altitude weapons testing. I had no idea.

I don't really know what this is, but I like it.

Not at all shocking. Too bad there isn't more of an incentive to, you know, avoid these outcomes in the first place.

Lovely tribute to The Steve. Lasseter has always spoken very well about art, technology, and their intersection in filmmaking.

This is a great way to get kids in the door and build community - and you can always stock relevant books right next to the games and get a lot of crossover readers.

Fascinating story of a local celebrity weatherman.

I guess that explains why companies rolled on their customers.

Not usually my thing, but this is super-impressive.

I like how he liked Space Invaders, and nothing else.

Pretty spot-on, actually.

This is my first encounter with the term "scientism". I think Pinker does a disservice in dismissing faith (and its interplay with empiricism) entirely. There is also some indication that the decline in the humanities is overstated. I think I do agree with his main thesis, that the humanities could welcome a scientific perspective without fear of losing their identity.

I didn't realize so much of it came down to one guy coordinating the films.

A surprising development, but I'm glad he listened to the facts as he researched.