In this week’s Tech Reads: robot ethics, training to fly in space, the history of the selfie, and so much more.
Ken Auletta looks at how Netflix is changing television, starting with the company’s early days courting Blockbuster. [The New Yorker]
Jerry Saltz gives us a history of the selfie. Turns out, it’s been around for much longer than the smartphone. [Vulture]
Eileen Bjorkman tells the fascinating story of the F-16 fighter jet, a scrappy program that, at the outset, produced a somewhat cobbled together plane. [Air & Space]
Adrianne Jeffries examines the ethics of war machines, asking if robots should ever decide for themselves when to kill. [The Verge]
Jacob Ward shows exactly what kind of training space tourists will have to undergo before buckling in to a Virgin Galactic or XCOR flight. [PopSci]
Eric Levenson breaks down the game theory behind this week’s fascinating, frustrating to watch Jeopardy! champion, Arthur Chu. [The Wire]
John Herrman asks what happened to the fervent, then forgotten, push to make a cleaner, quieter, more exclusive internet. [Buzzfeed]
Former TSA agent Jason Edward Harrington’s often hilarious, sometimes shocking account after working five years with the agency. [Politico]
Alex Garkavenko shows how urban design can actually keep people out of cities. [Atlantic Cities]
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