01 Is basic income a good idea?
Real unemployment, including the "under-employed", is raising in many countries. Jobs are often considered as "gigs" with no benefits and few protections. And computers will do most jobs in the future anyway. One Study shows that 47% of jobs are at risk.
The thing that allowed families and individuals to prosper is under attack. Work is losing its value.
One possible solution is getting a lot of supporters in recent time. A universal basic income (UBI) - where the state gives everyone enough money to live. Supporters claim it would free us, allowing everyone to benefit from automation. It would leave us more time for creative and fulfilling things. There are several UBI trials planned in Finland, Switzerland, and Canada. This year, Switzerland is set to vote on a referendum that would require the government to pay its citizens about $2,800 a month.
Critics of UBI say it's unaffordable and impractical. Maybe they're right.
The mistake many do is comparing UBI to our lives and systems we have today. Basic income is one way to make sure everyone survives structural employment changes in the future.
Fast.Co on the importance of UBI —>  Welcome To The Post-Work Economy
+ Silicon valley is conducting experiments to proof if people would turn into lazy couch potatoes if they would receive a basic income or not. —>  Silicon Valley investors and UBI
+ Others are against it. Here's a good case on why robots will NOT take over our jobs. —>  The automation myth
What do you think?

02 The violin thief
A crazy story. Philip Johnson was a promising musical genius. Then he stole a teacher’s prized Stradivarius, worth millions. He kept it a secret for 31 years.
—>  The violin thief

03  Playmobil
This factory produces thousands of Playmobil pieces every day. A jaw-dropping Photo series.
—>  inside playmobil malta

04 The story of Kinfolk
Journalist Kyle Chayka tries to understand the meaning of lifestyle magazines by telling the story of the omnipresent magazine Kinfolk. You can read it in almost every In-Cafe, Hipster Clothing store and trendy furniture place. Many other Indie-Magazines are trying to copy what Kinfolk started. But most don't know about Kinfolk' roots, involving Mormonism, which created the dominant aesthetic of the decade with perfect lattes and avocado toast
—>  The Last Lifestyle Magazine

05   Evolution and your Body
I bet you will look at your arms wrist after seeing this short clip.
—>  Proof of evolution that you can find on your body

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01. It's not a human move
Chances are, you've heard that google's AI Computer "AlphaGO" won several times against the world's best human "Go" Player Lee Sedol.
Go is one of the most complicated games that exist, with an almost infinite number of moves. For a computer to win, it has to learn by itself and build an own form of intuition, rather than pure calculation.
“It’s not a human move. I’ve never seen a human play this move,” he says. “So beautiful.” It’s a word he keeps repeating. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
The independent on why this matters to us —>  Why does it matter that Google’s DeepMind computer has beaten a human at Go
Wait but Why on the future of AI and where it will take us (maybe) —>  The Road to Superintelligence
Wired about the sadness and beauty of watching AlphaGO win —>  Watching Google's Ai
*****
02. Lost Habitats
For his new series "Inherit the Dust," photographer Nick Brandt placed life-size photos of giraffes, elephants and other animals in their former stomping grounds and habitats—places that had become factories, quarries and garbage dumps.
—>  Lost Habitats
*****
03. What it really takes to lose weight
If you want to lose weight, cut your portions in half and get your heart broken! A fantastic short movie.
—>  How to lose weight in 4 easy steps
*****
04. Marble Machine
This guy is a genius. Musician Martin Molin created a Marble Machine, which uses 2000 Marbles to produce pretty great sounds.
—>  Marbles
*****
05. 100 Famous Artists And Their Studios
The greatest artists and a look at their most intimate working places – their studios
—>  100 Famous Artists
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1. 52 places to visit
The New York Times did it again. From ancient temples to crystalline waters, they selected their favorite destinations to visit this year. If I'm lucky, I can visit one of them but hey, everyone needs a little daydream here and there. A beautiful collection.
—>  52 Places to Go in 2016
 
 *****

02. Silicon Valley Hustle
The New York Times went on a photographic journey to show us personal stories out of the San Francisco Startup Scene. They often live on the cheap while working on their companies. They work long hours with hopes to build empires. For every success story, there will be many more failures. Yet most of these dreamers believe that those who deserve to succeed will do so.
—>  Silicon Valley Hustle
 
 *****
 
 
03. Factory Workers and Killer Shoes
During the 1970s and ’80s in South Korea, industrial expansion and urbanisation changed the lives of factory workers forever. This short documentary reveals the changed living conditions of South Koreans.
"They questioned us why we need to use the public bath twice a month."
—>  Bikini Words
 
 *****
 

04. Drunk Hipster
A short movie with a new take on Choreography.
—>  Just Dance
 *****

05. Art at Altitude
Simon Beck specializes in making ornate snow murals with just his snowshoes. The murals take at least an entire day to complete, and to see them, you have to take to the skies. Blew my mind.
—>  Snow Murals in the Mountains
*****
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You Might Have Missed This -  No.104  
5 links every  Sunday













1. King Trump
There are many articles about Trump. But this is the one you should read. One of the most renowned journalists has followed Donald Trump in his election campaign. Analyzing how it could come so far, he reveals the influences that drive current elections.
He concludes that Trump will probably be the next president of the United States. Scary.
—>  How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable
+ Greetings from Berlusconi  —>  A warning from Italy
























2. Find the picture painted by a human
The Turing test, developed by Alan Turing in 1950, measures the ability of a machine to make itself indistinguishable from a human.
You will be shown pairs of pictures. In each pair, one is painted by a human and another one is generated by artificial intelligence based on a photo. Can you spot the robot?
—>  Turing   Deepart
+ a jaw-dropping bonus  —>  Robots finally learned to walk
























3. Not everything in life is Likable
Facebook released its reaction buttons this week and changed the omnipresent like button forever. Now you can add a like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry face to any post. Apparently this represents our natural reactions to conversations. Given the power and users Facebook has, it might be worth to read the process of developing the new reactions.
—>  Reactions
























4. Notebook Inspiration
16 famous designers show us their favorite notebooks
—>  Notebooks
























5. The man who made "the worst video game in history"
“‘Things just started to unravel,’ says Warshaw. ‘It’s awesome to be credited with single-handedly bringing down a billion-dollar industry with eight kilobytes of code. But the truth is a little more complicated.’”
—>  ET and Me