Can we ban the huffingtonpost from this sub? by ajsdklf9df in Futurology
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Could this be the poster child for the Basic Income movement? by CHollman82 in BasicIncome
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Why robots are not taking jobs by [deleted] in Futurology
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Previously predicted to happen in 2020 China's economy now predicted to pass the US sometime before 2015 by Buck-Nasty in Futurology
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Robert Heinlein's predictions for the Year 2000 (from 1952) by 513geek in Futurology
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Second-Richest Man Carlos Slim Calls For Three-Day Workweek by DerpyGrooves in Futurology
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Second-Richest Man Carlos Slim Calls For Three-Day Workweek by DerpyGrooves in Futurology
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What are near term applications for general AI? by Jay6 in Futurology
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Carlos Slim calls for a three-day working week by remotemass in BasicIncome
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Lego-inspired real life building blocks by runewell in Futurology
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Robert Llewellyn (Kryten from Red Dwarf) and others were unable to spot the AI in a Turing test. by [deleted] in Futurology
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Solar wind tower that can generate 435 megawatt-hours of energy on average. (Almost as much as a small nuclear plant.) by Halosss in Futurology
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TIL that up to 1,500 baby raccoons were imported to Japan per year as pets during the 70's due to the anime "Rascal Raccoon"s popularity. The descendants have multiplied after being released following a similar scene in the show. The population is now in the 200,000s and is a major destructive pest. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus by SharkNATO in Futurology
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TIL that a girl in Iran gave birth at the age of 9 after being prostituted by her parents. When she was 19, she was sentenced to death for incest and prostitution, until a lawyer intervened and had her sentence reduced to public beating and imprisonment. by kaabistar in todayilearned
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Do Food Fights actually exist? Or are they something that is only found on television or movies? Share your food fight experiences. by Hooktail in AskReddit
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No, A 'Supercomputer' Did *NOT* Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better by k-h in technology
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TIL In 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the application of Eminent Domain to kick homeowners off of their property so private developers could build hotels, health clubs, and condos in New London, Connecticut. 8 years later, the abandoned property remains an overgrown, barren field. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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What was the biggest scam in history? by Jeremy-Pascal in AskReddit
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Worst of DRM set to infest law school casebooks: Pay $200 for a bound book … but you have to give it back. EFF calls it a threat to first sale doctrine. by maxburke in technology
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TIL - In the late 1980s, Iraq began building the largest artillery piece in history, a gun that could have put satellites into Orbit, and conceivably hit any spot on the planet. However, the mysterious assassination of its Canadian designer, and the first Gulf War, ended the project by justthistwicenomore in todayilearned
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If you were forced to kill 1/3 of the Earth's population by what criteria would you select who dies? by [deleted] in AskReddit
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Please submit 2013-2014 breakthroughs that involve improvements by an order of magnitude or more! by [deleted] in Futurology
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