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We are all for advances in robotics, all for slowly but surely giving all human jobs to purpose-built cybernetic beings with just enough of our circuitry missing that they will not try to wrest control of the world from us. But those things are so complex; at times like these, when we need stuff to [...]

Professional sports, much like Star Wars, are riddled with pros and cons that, when taken too far, can be disastrous, delightful, or both. Someone who knows the starting line-ups of The Chicago Bulls for every NBA season during the 1980s is, we think, kind of sad. Likewise, someone who knows by heart the ventilation systems [...]