Industry links, books, and takes that I enjoy 

Short-reads

• The Falcon Heavy test flight included a copy of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels - The Verge

• Eliminating the Human - David Byrne - MIT Technology Review

• Tech’s Troubling New Trend: Diversity Is in Your Head - Bärí A. Williams - NYTimes OpEd

• The trolls are winning the battle for the Internet - Ellen Pao - WaPo OpEd

• An Artist Helps iTunes’ User Agreement Go Down Easy - Joe Coscarelli - NYTimes

• What Are Gender Barriers Made Of? - Stephen J. Dubner - Freakonomics Podcast

• David Bowie predicted in 1999 the impact of the Internet in BBC interview

• I’M A GOOGLE MANUFACTURING ROBOT AND I BELIEVE HUMANS ARE BIOLOGICALLY UNFIT TO HAVE JOBS IN TECH - Ben Kronengold - McSweeney’s

• Dad Navigates Reduced-Rate Travel Websites Like Mozart Composing Symphony - The Onion

Visual

• Lo and Behold - Werner Herzog