1. FASTER. HIGHER. STRONGER
Every Olympic logo critiqued by Milton Glaser (the guy that designed the 'I 
NY' logo) . Actually, if nothing else, it's cool to see all the Olympic logos. From EyeOnDesign - On a Scale from 1-100, Milton Glaser Rates Every Single Olympic Logo Design in History
+ "The [Washington] Post is using homegrown software to automatically produce hundreds of real-time news reports about the Olympics. Those items will appear without human intervention on the Post’s website, as well as in outside channels like its Twitter account. The idea is to use artificial intelligence to quickly create simple but useful reports on scores, medal counts and other data-centric news bits — so that the Post’s human journalists can work on more interesting and complex work." From ReCode - The Washington Post will use robots to write stories about the Rio Olympics
+ "But these sunglasses were not designed for most people—a fact made gobstoppingly clear by the $1,200 price. Nike created these for the world’s best athletes, people for whom a pair of sunglasses poses not insignificant tradeoffs. Going without shades causes athletes to squint, causing them to tense their shoulders and expend energy. But wearing sunglasses requires accounting for comfort, weight, and drag. Not a huge deal for most people, but when you’re clocking 5 minute miles or better for 26 miles, it makes a difference." From Wired - Nike Didn’t Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals
2. SWIPE OR DIP?
This is why we are switching from swiping to dipping. "Financial institutions changed the rules attached to their terminals last year. Now, if a counterfeit card is used because a merchant doesn’t have the technology to process chip-enabled cards, the merchant is responsible for paying the fraudulent charges." From NYT - Confused by Chip Credit Cards? Get in Line
+ "The [Washington] Post is using homegrown software to automatically produce hundreds of real-time news reports about the Olympics. Those items will appear without human intervention on the Post’s website, as well as in outside channels like its Twitter account. The idea is to use artificial intelligence to quickly create simple but useful reports on scores, medal counts and other data-centric news bits — so that the Post’s human journalists can work on more interesting and complex work." From ReCode - The Washington Post will use robots to write stories about the Rio Olympics
+ "But these sunglasses were not designed for most people—a fact made gobstoppingly clear by the $1,200 price. Nike created these for the world’s best athletes, people for whom a pair of sunglasses poses not insignificant tradeoffs. Going without shades causes athletes to squint, causing them to tense their shoulders and expend energy. But wearing sunglasses requires accounting for comfort, weight, and drag. Not a huge deal for most people, but when you’re clocking 5 minute miles or better for 26 miles, it makes a difference." From Wired - Nike Didn’t Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals
2. SWIPE OR DIP?
This is why we are switching from swiping to dipping. "Financial institutions changed the rules attached to their terminals last year. Now, if a counterfeit card is used because a merchant doesn’t have the technology to process chip-enabled cards, the merchant is responsible for paying the fraudulent charges." From NYT - Confused by Chip Credit Cards? Get in Line
3. IT'S A JOKE. JUST KIDDING
If you have to say it's a joke, either it's not a joke or you should leave the jokes to the pros.
"Donald Trump said that he was being sarcastic when he appeared to suggest that Russia should use espionage to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails. But he's finding out that presidents -- and by extension, presidential nominees -- don't get that luxury when the topic is national security." From CNN - Trump walks back email hack comments, but damage lingers
+ “Don’t worry about that baby. I love babies. Don’t worry about it. I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby. Don’t worry, don’t worry. The mom’s running around like—don’t worry about it, you know. It’s young and beautiful and healthy and that’s what we want. Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here." From Politico - Trump at rally: 'Get the baby out of here'
+ "'I [Richard Nixon] welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.' In the meantime, the I.R.S. reversed itself and decided to audit Nixon’s returns for the previous few years. While the audit was underway, Nixon buckled to public pressure in December 1973 and released five years of tax documents. He also asked a congressional committee to review, among other things, his gift of the papers." From NYT - Why We Ask to See Candidates' Tax Returns
4. RULES FOR DEATH FROM ABOVE
"The deputies [at US national agencies] make recommendations to their agency directors or department secretaries, who make up the “principals committee.” If they unanimously agree — and if the target is not an American citizen — the strike can proceed with notice to the president. Otherwise, the president must make the decision. Numerous international law experts have said that the administration’s overall terminology and justification for lethal strikes are novel and without precedent." From WaPo - Newly declassified document sheds light on how president approves drone strikes and From NYT - U.S. Releases Rules for Airstrike Killings of Terror Suspects
5. IT'S THE ECONOMY
"Economic growth in advanced nations has been weaker for longer than it has been in the lifetime of most people on earth. To make matters worse, fewer and fewer people are seeing the spoils of what growth there is." This is crucial to understanding the rise of Donald J. Trump, Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, and the rise of populist movements across Europe. From NYT - We're in a Low-Growth World. How Did We Get Here?
+ "Americans under 20 have had little to no adult experience in a pre-Great Recession economy. Things older generations took for granted — promotions, wages that grow over time, a 40-hour work week, unions, benefits, pensions, mutual loyalty between employers and employees — are increasingly rare. As a consequence, these basic tenets of American work life, won by labor movements in the early half of the twentieth century, are now deemed "radical.'" From Foreign Policy - Why Young American Are Giving Up on Capitalism
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