It was bound to happen sooner or later – Amazon’s Alexa has a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. (If you’re wondering, Alexa’s an ESTJ). For now, this exercise is (mostly) a curious thought experiment. We’re firmly in the ascendant age of Artificial...
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“Coffee rust is a hacker. It’s always looking for a new way to get inside the plant.” – lvaro Gaitán, head of plant pathology at Cenicafé – Between 1870 and 1890 Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) lost 90% of...
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“The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” – President of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Company – Today’s curiosities...
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