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Thank you for this essay, it is truly magnificent. It reminds me of pg's "What You'll Wish You'd Known" [1].

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html


I particularly enjoyed Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (won the Hugo Award) and Liu Cixin's collection of short stories, The Wandering Earth.


Url is optimized for mobile (and without the banner). This one is more suited for desktop use [1].

[1] https://aeon.co/ideas/the-red-and-green-specialists-why-huma...


Interestingly, this link works properly on both mobile and desktop. Wonder why the original link is even needed.


To avoid loading the images with the page. They appear later through a JS mechanism (to the disappointment of noscripters).


Erik is the author of the hugely popular '7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI' article [0]. He provides a free newsletter with excellent content. I really enjoy the occasional emails and recommend this newsletter to anyone interested in UI Design or Design in general.

[0] https://medium.com/@erikdkennedy/7-rules-for-creating-gorgeo...


This is awesome! Reminds me of how "IBM Tech Uses Hard Drives to Predict Earthquakes" [1]. And then it's just one guy screaming at the HDDs.

[1] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371337,00.asp


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