Levitation, Prison Hackers, LeBron James: Lux Recommends #102

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Lux Capital

2 min readOct 13, 2017

Welcome to Lux Recommends #102, the newest edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about (and want to receive this by email? Sign up here).

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Yuval Noah Harari’s new book to cover global warming, God and nationalism: “The historian’s next book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, will ask ‘what should we teach children today to prepare them for the world of tomorrow’ and promises a sweeping look at the future.” — Bilal

Can LeBron James make us less afraid of self-driving cars?: Betteridge’s Law doesn’t apply to King James. — Alex

DNA surgery on embryos removes disease: ‘The team at Sun Yat-sen University used a technique called base editing to correct a single error out of the three billion “letters” of our genetic code.”’— Bilal

Ghost in the Cell: “How an inmate hacker hid computers in the ceiling and turned his prison upside down.” — Adam K

Autonomous cars without human drivers will be allowed on California roads starting next year — Shahin

Intelligence Reconsidered: Fascinating essay: “But what if thinking is viewed as an autotelic behavior? Something you get to do, and would do for pleasure even if you didn’t have to?” — Sam

You Can Buy Citizenship To This Island Nation For Only 44 Bitcoin: Bold move, let’s see if it pays off.— Alex

No Excuses: Jerry Rice Is Playing Like a Champion: “How do you follow up a Hall of Fame NFL career? You spend your weekends crashing weddings.” — Adam K

Find Out Which Cognitive Biases Alter Your Perspective — Bilal

Facebook Announces $199 Oculus Go Standalone VR Headset — Adam K

And a short story about superintelligent AI: “The Last Invention of Man” — Sam