Things I Enjoyed This Week
Mark your calendars for September 3rd, it’s the first ever national $3 movie night, where cinemas across the country are lowering prices for tickets on account of there not being any good movies to see. At first I thought I must be misreading the headlines, but it is indeed a last-ditch capitalist grab from the movie studios, also a chance to see Paddington 3: Tokyo Drift
Really enjoyed this article about recent developments in the field of artificial intelligence. It’s interesting to watch humanity toy around with robots that have almost certainly surpassed our level of intelligence and equally interesting that these developers don’t see this ending in a hilariously catastrophic way
We’re going back to the moon!! (Eventually, maybe) NASA has a launch scheduled tomorrow from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and while this ship is unmanned, it could be setting the stage for something bigger. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said, “On these increasingly complex missions, astronauts will live and work in deep space and will develop the science and technology to send the first humans to Mars.” Big talk Billy boy, let’s see some action
Things I Didn’t Enjoy This Week
This article, legitimately titled, “The Office’s Last Stand”, which delves into how desperate middle managers are to get employees back into offices and under their direct supervision. The idea that a physical structure would command such devotion, as if the office is some sanctified space where only the hardest work gets done, it’s pathetic really
This author questions whether or not it’s ok for her coworker to keep their political views private…The article is entitled, “Is It OK That My Co-Worker Keeps Her Anti-Abortion Views on the Down Low?” and the answer is yes