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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Silicon Valley just freaking loves money, soon they'll own the government but maybe it doesn't have to be this way.

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WELCOME TO YOUR E-LIFE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Everyone Wants To Be A Tech Billionaire, And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Silicon Valley just freaking loves money, soon they'll own the government but maybe it doesn't have to be this way. LOGGING ON Navigating A Digital World After 40 Years In Prison splinternews.com Edward Minor had a paper due for his English class on income inequality at Wayne County Community College in Detroit. He'd completed all the research and knew what he wanted to write. The main issue was time—he only had a few hours. ARE YOU A WICKED MANIAC? WORK AT AMAZON The Most Commonly Used Words In Tech Giants' Job Listings Will Make You Never Want To Work At A Tech Giant digg.com Are these job listings or character descriptions for Disney movie villains? BUT WHAT IF WE ADD THE BLOCKCHAIN? The Artificial Intelligence Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet medium.com A confluence of ideas and technology trends has been rebranded as "AI" over the past few years. This rebranding is worthy of some scrutiny. VAPES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Here's Everything You Need To Start Vaping (For $1) blu.com E-Cig pioneer Blu is offering their myblu starter kit — which includes their myblu e-cig, a charger and the fan-favorite Gold Leaf liquidpod — for $1. Insane, right? SMOH KWEED HAPPY 4/20 A Brief History Of Stoner Movies digg.com What better day to look back at the trailblazers of stoner movie history than today? Let Fan Service be your guide. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES 'A DEATHTRAP' The Worst Plane Ever Made foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com Developed by a man described as "the greatest charlatan ever to see his name associated with an airplane," the Christmas Bullet was the rare kind of fighter which had a perfect kill ratio: it killed everyone who ever tried to fly it. ROPE-A-DOPE The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong theatlantic.com Floyd Landis, a former teammate of the cyclist's, just won more than $1 million in a legal case against Armstrong. Here are his thoughts on the suit, cycling, and his onetime rival. CUBA AMORE 'My Dearest Fidel': An ABC Journalist's Secret Liaison With Fidel Castro politico.com The untold story of how Lisa Howard's intimate diplomacy with Cuba's revolutionary leader changed the course of the Cold War. VIDEO OF THE DAY NOTHING TODAY COMPARES TO IT The Original Version Of Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Has Just Been Released And It's Freaking Amazing digg.com The video also contains never-before-soon footage of Prince & The Revolution rehearsing in 1984. IN THE NEWS Comey Memos Leak, Detailing Trump's Comments On Russia, Reservations About Flynn Chuck Schumer Says He'll Introduce Weed Decriminalization Bill Giuliani Says He Is Joining Trump's Legal Team To 'Negotiate An End' To Mueller Probe Lance Armstrong Reaches $5 Million Settlement With US Government FROM THE DIGG STORE The World's Largest Entertainment Library Isn't on Netflix Or Hulu — It's Here store.digg.com SelectTV let's you stream 300,000 TV episodes, 200,000 movies, 50,000 radio stations and 2,000 channels on all your devices. Subscribe now, and they'll throw in a free HD Antenna. We propose a toast to a quick Friday and a splendid Saturday and Sunday. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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