How some other countries do it

This, from Next Draft [https://wp.me/p3R0cO-4Ru], reminds me that I should start collecting stories where the United States could learn a lot from supposedly backwards countries. Is S***hole countries too inflammatory a tag? > "Indian law says no one should have to travel more than 2…

Walmart adopts robots

> Why Walmart is adding thousands of robots to U.S. stores https://t.co/Arb7Di0z09 pic.twitter.com/hUib0W2QuC [https://t.co/hUib0W2QuC] — Big Think (@bigthink) April 11, 2019 [https://twitter.com/bigthink/status/1116423835564244992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] The photo accompanying this Tweet shows a robot similar to…

Apples picked by robots

Most of the posts about robots here trend towards the whimsical or the weird side. From Wired here's news of something far more practical, robots that will pick your apples [https://apple.news/Ag93uvZYYTRKpx3J23EGOVQ].…

Striking a nerve...

I've seen this twice in a very short time. At this moment the original post has been retweeted 380 times and liked 3287 times. > I’m supposed to head to St. Louis tomorrow for a speech. Re-thinking in light of this horrifying development... https://t.co/PDSpOdLSsQ…

Reported from the Field...

It didn't take long for Marty [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/marty/] to make his appearance. Once showed up, though, he didn't seem to be universally popular. > OK, a six-foot robotic thing just followed me down the aisle at the grocery store and that is messed…

Coffee

> This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of the battlefield, and the battle takes place. Things remembered arrive at full gallop, ensuing to the wind. Honoré de Balzac, THE PLEASURES AND PAINS…

Slow Down

> "Take more time, cover less ground." —Thomas Mertonhttps://t.co/6lNv7u6xBx#leadership [https://twitter.com/hashtag/leadership?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] pic.twitter.com/n71qsBlT2T [https://t.co/n71qsBlT2T] — Jeffrey Cufaude (@jc46202) March 10, 2019 [https://twitter.com/jc46202/status/1104742842440843265?ref_src=twsrc%…

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows [http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com] > The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language—to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t…