National Geographic Found
Celebrating 125 years of National Geographic, this Tumblr blog is a curated collection of photography from the archives. Many of the pictures are being published for the first time.
Archive: March 29th, 2013
Ross Andersen – Humanity’s deep future
A really great interview with Nick Bostrom about humanity’s long-term future and the odds of extinction.
First public use of what Became Proxima Nova by Mark Simonson
Who knew? The reissue of the classic thirteen-part Star Wars radio series was the first appearance of a proto-Proxima Nova.
The canonical smart city: A pastiche by Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
Sorta sci-fi from Adam.
Consider this a shooting script for one of those concept videos so beloved of the big technology vendors.