Quantum Computing, Playing Tetris, and an Earth Puzzle: Lux Recommends #157
Welcome to Lux Recommends #157, this week’s edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about (want to receive this by email? Sign up here).
Articles
The Case Against Quantum Computing: “The proposed strategy relies on manipulating with high precision an unimaginably huge number of variables” — Shahin
Earth and Moon Puzzles: “mind-bending, never-ending jigsaw puzzles.” This is simply spectacular. Check it out. — Sam
Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? Fascinating. — Sam
A Final Proving Ground for Guide Dogs to the Blind: Midtown Manhattan: “A school for Seeing Eye dogs uses the chaos of New York City as its ultimate test when matching young dogs with their blind masters.” — Adam K
Why There Are No More Van Goghs: “If you fail to earn an immediate invitation to show your work at any of the high-end influencers (including the Guggenheim or Museum of Modern Art in New York, the multinational Pace or Gagosian galleries, or the Centre Pompidou in Paris) then your invitation is unlikely to ever come.” — Adam K
Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck: “Despite vast increases in the time and money spent on research, progress is barely keeping pace with the past. What went wrong?” — Sam
This researcher studied 400,000 knitters and discovered what turns a hobby into a business — Sam
May A.I. Help You?: “Intelligent chatbots could automate away nearly all of our commercial interactions — for better or for worse.” — Sam
Interdisciplinarity: A Nobel Opportunity — Sam
And an awesome optical illusion — Adam K
Podcasts
The Loophole in 30 For 30 — Adam G
Videos
Seeing the Many Magnets in the iPad Pro — Sam
This is how they made the Chili’s ‘Baby Back Ribs’ jingle — Adam K
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