We, writers, painters, sculptors, architects, amateurs impassioned with the beauty, until now intact, of Paris, are coming to protest with all our might and all our indignation, in the name of unrecognized French taste, in the name of threatened French art & history, against the erection, in the very heart of our capital, of the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower… — the battle of the eiffel tower.
People: Runners windshield. When the Eiffel tower was a controversy, and part of a techno-dystopia. SteveJobs’ “Objects of our life” talk. Minifarms animals are in demand.
Business: Chinese gig economy impacted by (more) robots.Pawn shop economy. From parking to people.
Planet: Using fungi to restore meadows. Aerial pictures of NY1924.
Technology: Saving energy with firebricks. Digital jungle. From silicon to slime.
Futures: Fake “future delivery” company. Singing futures - and design fiction. Three-horizon archetype scenarios mapping.
AI: Milei exploring AI for “future crimes” - yes, that movie. AI-made bioweapon bluff. Evaluating foundation models. Context, consent, and control. Anthropic artefacts.
Random: Blue screen of death editor. Good stuff for illustrations: public works.
