Just some articles that I find interesting

Why Obama is powerless to reform gun laws -

Dang!

Great article!

An old article. But still pretty awesome that Krugman is into science fiction. He also gives a lot of good blog recommendations.

Beautiful photos in this article!

It’s pretty interesting seeing the contrasts between engineering done in the consumer products industry and in the pharma industry at Lilly.

With regard to the values of the screenshots, I suspect that the buyers are aware that they could make the prints themselves but it is the statement and the art of them having being displayed that makes them unique $90k pieces.

Super interesting article on how Helsinki does its airconditioning. Would be great if this was more widely implemented. Unfortunately it would require a huge commitment by governments and I doubt that would happen in most places in the US.

Interesting coalition going on here.. I wonder if this is a power play by Spotify to fight the encroaching beast that is Apple with Beats Music.

Beautiful photos showing the contrast between the natural environment and the ones humans have forged in California.

There’s also a very interesting info graphic by smarter every day that shows why underwater vision is blurry in the first place.

The most expensive and cheapest cities, and everything in between.