Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Be Careful On The Hippie Trail

A young man quit his cushy startup job and took up adventuring. Three years later, he disappeared on a mountain in Northern India.
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FAR FROM HOME
A SOBER UTOPIA
A Radical Experiment To End Homelessness
psmag.com
In a remote corner of Colorado, an initiative is underway to rehabilitate the state's most downtrodden residents.
WHEN NOMADS GO MISSING
Death On The Hippie Trail
roadsandkingdoms.com
A young man quit his cushy startup job and took up adventuring. Three years later, he disappeared on a mountain in Northern India.
GOODBYE BAKU
How To Erase A Neighborhood
motherboard.vice.com
Sovetsky, a historic neighborhood in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been demolished as the city restyles itself as a shiny metropolis similar to Dubai.
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FROM HERE TO THERE
CHOO CHOO CHOOSE THIS ROUTE
This Map Reveals The Ultimate Sub-$250 US Train Trip
inverse.com
For those about to ride the rails, we salute you.
'TRAIN SURFERS'
WATCH: The Boys Doing Dangerous Stunts On High-Speed Trains
digg.com
Follow a group of young men who are risking their lives for a chance at feeling the wind in their hair on Mumbai's high-speed railway in this AFI-honored short.
JUNO WHAT I'M SAYIN'
An MIT Study Says 3,000 Ride-Shares Could Replace Every NYC Cab
theverge.com
There are 13,000 licensed taxis in operation in New York City. Dropping that number down to 3,000 cars takes some carpooling — and an algorithm.
THE JIG IS UP
FOODPOCALYPSE NOW
There's A Massive Restaurant Industry Bubble, And It's About To Burst
thrillist.com
RIP independent sit-down restaurants.
SO-KALLED 'TRUTH'
Anatomy Of A Hoax
chronicle.com
How a group of humanists fell for a physicist's sham article, and why it still matters.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THE SHIT HITS THE FAN
A Hilariously Gross Short About Pooping In Public
digg.com
A good way to avoid situations like this one is to never leave the house.
IN THE NEWS
House Republicans Vote To Rein In Independent Ethics Office
Finland Starts Guaranteed Basic Income Trial Program For The Unemployed
In France, Organs Will Now Be Donated By Default
CNN Showed A Computer From 'Fallout' In A Russian Hacking Story
China Says It Will Shut Down Its Ivory Trade In 2017
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