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The LA Times story last week on my California gubernatorial run, with its rather racy headline, generated some interesting comments on Reddits Politcs

I hope to in the next few weeks put out some of my first articles about my libertarian policies—including the all important need for far lower taxes. I believe technology can help us get to a day with zero taxes. https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5w08pf/this_california_gubernatorial_candidate_wants/

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Robots are about to make your beer runs

In the future, your beer will be delivered by by robots that look like big beetles out to set up a golf course.

Virginia became the first state in the union on Wednesday to legally allow robots to use sidewalks and crosswalks just like us humans.

SEE ALSO: Bizarre Boston Dynamics robot moves like a world-class athlete.

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Tiny tubes in Canadian rock may be oldest known fossils

NEW YORK (AP) — Tiny tubes and filaments in some Canadian rock appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began, a new study says.

The features are mineralized remains of what appear to be bacteria that lived some 3.77 billion to 4.28 billion years ago, the scientists said. That would surpass the 3.7 billion years assigned to some other rock features found in Greenland, which were proposed to be fossils last August.

Such early-life findings are not as clear-cut as, say, digging up a dinosaur bone. The key question is always whether the rock features were really produced by living things. The new study hasn’t convinced everybody.

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Singularity.FM: The Original and Best Known Singularity Podcast

Nikola Danaylov Soars to No. 1 Best Seller for.
‘Conversations With The Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century’

Singularity. FM Podcaster and Author, Nikola Danaylov was recently recognized as an Amazon #1 International Best Seller for his new book, “Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century.”

“Conversations with the Future” reached #1 on Amazon’s U.S. and Canadian Best Seller lists in several categories including:

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Customs Agents Demand IDs from Passengers on Domestic Flight

Keep duplicates in case the id isn’t returned.


In New York City, Customs and Border Protection agents met passengers as they exited a flight from San Francisco Wednesday, demanding to check their IDs. A staffer for VICE News who was aboard the flight captured photos of the incident, saying passengers were told they couldn’t disembark without showing their documents. The CBP later said its agents were assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in seeking a person ordered removed by an immigration judge.

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5 books the head of MIT Media Lab thinks you should read

I agree as I have read 3 of the books in the list and all 3 were excellent”

The Seventh Sense, Change Agent, and Industries of the Future. I plan to get Wonderland next.


As 2016 winds to a close, Facebook called on 62 global influencers to share the books that made the greatest impact on them this year.

Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and many others shared their favourite reads with the hashtag #ReadtoLead.

One of those influencers is Joi Ito, the head of MIT Media Lab. Ito picked five titles that should help anyone get a feel for where the future is headed.

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