A Left Turn

When I brought the robot home from the Apple Store, I knew I was inviting a new kind of strangeness into our lives.

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THE KIDS WON'T BE ALRIGHT IMAGINARY FRIENDS Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? theatlantic.com When I brought the robot home from the Apple Store, I knew I was inviting a new kind of strangeness into our lives. HUMAN CAPITIAL GAINS Millennials Were Born Into A Neoliberal Nightmare nplusonemag.com A poignant review of Malcolm Harris's "Kids These Days" grapples with the notion that baby boomers have shaped millennials into an commodity. GROSSER THINGS The Unnerving Sexualization Of Young Actors flare.com We need to get to the point where we think it's upside down to treat a child like a vehicle for adult sexual gratification. WINE WE DIGG | SPONSORED Hell Yes, There's An Advent Calendar For Wine getvinebox.com VINEBOX has created a glass-a-night advent calendar, and it's pretty awesome. Last year's sold out within four weeks so if you want one, you need to order now. MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER TRACKING HIGHS The Drug Hunters theverge.com Meet the scientists building a library of designer drugs. EXCITED AND UNEXCITED AT THE SAME TIME What The Hell Is A Quantum Computer And How Excited Should I Be? gizmodo.com They will never sit on your desk, and they will most certainly never fit in your pocket. Today, they're fragile, and need to be kept at temperatures close to absolute zero. PARASITE UNSEEN If We Can Beat Ebola, Why Not Sleeping Sickness Too? digg.com A disease that killed millions in the 20th century still lingers — and with it the threat of a new epidemic. Why? The answer may have been staring us in the face all along, as Michael Regnier discovered when he traveled to Guinea with scientists searching for the key to a medical mystery. VIDEO OF THE DAY YOU MUST GO BACKWARD TO GO FORWARD This Mesmerizing Domino Setup Appears To Fall In Both Directions At Once digg.com ​YouTuber Hevesh5 put together this domino run to feature a new domino trick, which she calls "soniverse." It's very nice to watch. IN THE NEWS Democrats Sweep First Statewide Elections Since Trump Took Office Twitter Officially Doubles Its Character Limit Texas Gunman Escaped Mental Health Facility In 2012 Wilbur Ross Is Probably Just One Of Many Billionaires Who Lie About Being Billionaires FROM THE DIGG STORE An Introduction To Data Science store.digg.com Data Scientists are in huge demand, and this $15 course will help you master the basics. It's Wednesday. Today is your day. You've got this. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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