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Desnse Discovery 343: The Map Is Not the Territory

Kai: Over the weekend, I stumbled across @soya_jones’ Instagram Story of his cycling trip through Iran. He’s an Irish bikepacker, pedalling through a country that most Western media presents as a malevolent enigma; and what does he find? People offering iced water while driving by in their car, families inviting him into their homes, workers downing tools to give him a tour of their workshop. More...

Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon

John Gruber: This video is one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever witnessed, for everyone involved. (Note Cook’s awkward laughter when Trump, after claiming that “about $17 trillion is coming into the United States” thanks to the brilliance of his economic statecraft, quips “That’s even a lot of money for you”, looking at Cook.) More...

Wong Kar Wai on In the Mood for Love at 25 – a new interview: “Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people?”

Wong Kar Wai : Technology is just a tool. AI can replicate, but can it yearn? Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people who can’t express their feelings? Can code capture the way memory distorts and reshapes our past? These are the questions that interest me, and I don’t think machines have the answers yet. More...