Earth will reportedly have trillionaires soon, as many as 11 of them in the next couple of generations. That would be roughly $140 for each human being on earth. Or enough to pay Atlas to stop shrugging and just flip off the rest of the world's population.
Awful New Technology Beams TV Ads Onto Your Cell Phone
At long last, advertisers are ready to "solve" the "problem" of you rudely ignoring the television ads that they spent so much effort crafting, by looking at your cell phone when the commercials come on.
The New RoboCop Is What RoboCop Meant to Kill
This new RoboCop movie does not care that anyone might compare it unfavorably to the original 1987 RoboCop movie. It has been programmed not to care about these things. The most readily available metaphor, which is also true, is that the new movie has killed the human mind and guts of its predecessor and kept the cold…
No Amount of Ads Will Stop You From Watching Online Videos
Good news, slack-jawed internet sheeple: researchers now believe that no matter how many unskippable 30-second advertisements they lard onto online videos, you'll continue to watch them, like the passive, yielding consumers you are. Your cat video addiction knows no bounds.
The Starbucks of the Future: Drunk
Ohmigawd, the "Starbucks of the Future" is here! What distinguishes this futuristic utopian Starbucks from the hobo-sheltering Starbucks of today? More booze.
Global Warming's Most Delicious Consequence: Supersized Lobsters
In a warm dystopia many years from now, New York City will be underwater and ginormous mutant crustaceans will roam the globe, mouth-wateringly. Here's hoping the cows don't die, because we're going to need butter. [NatlGeo]
Funny Thing Is People Are Still Trying to Eat at Sardi's. Why?
[A vision of a Utopian future in which commuting through Times Square involves more charm, less elbowing of Wicked and Toys R Us-destined tourists in the face. Images by Studio Lindfors via BLDGBLOG. More here. ]
Coming Soon to a Dystopia Near You: Womb Transplants
They successfully did it on a rabbit, and should be able to work their way up to humans in two years. The wombs will come from dead people.
High schooler warns of transhuman dystopia
Ignoring Google's seeming endorsement of IM speak, or tweener, invading the English language by titling the company's logo art contest "Doodle 4 Google," the entries present a striking glimpse into the fears of typical American children — from deforestation to global war. Finalist Mariam Hovhannisyan, a high…
How 'Tutoring' Spencer Pratt Cost One Woman Her Dreams
"You know that Newsweek feature MY TURN?," a tipster writes. "So about two years ago (maybe 3?) there was an essay from a former private tutor. She complains that so many spoiled terrible kids just expected her to do their work for them. She then goes into a sort of lengthy description of one particular disciple, who…
