Lux Recommends — #1
By Sam Arbesman
Welcome to Lux Recommends, the first of what we hope will be a long-running series of end-of-the-week roundup of what we at Lux are thinking about and consuming, from articles and books, television shows and movies, and more.
Here's what we're enjoying.
Articles
How the brain distinguishes tastes
Cambrian explosion for robotics
When futurists forget social and cultural change
Playing dice with your money: How the overcomplexity of modern finance led to the system’s collapse
The unexpected science of manipulating neurons with light
Interview with Google[X]'s Astro Teller
Books
The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir
How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery by Kevin Ashton
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies by Cesar Hidalgo
Television
PBS American Experience: Walt Disney
NOVA/National Geographic: The Dawn of Humanity
Gadgets and Gear
DJI Phantom 3 - Lux Partner Zack Schildhorn’s footage of Pigeons and Brooklyn Bridge Park
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