Weekly Links, 11/25/2022
- News to me: The emerging megacity along Africa’s west coast. “By 2100, the Lagos-Abidjan stretch is projected to be the largest zone of continuous, dense habitation on earth, with something in the order of half a billion people.” Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century
- This is a very interesting article about the death of the key change in pop music. Vertical vs linear composing. The Death of the Key Change
- Despite our increased power to kill, our societies are less violent than before. Progress is real. Violence Before Agriculture: Summary
- One works better than the others. Physicists have designed a urinal that drastically reduces splashback
- AIs can help scientists discover new laws of physics. Will artificial intelligence ever discover new laws of physics?
- Sports are evolving because of tech. Here’s the latest high tech for soccer/football. The World Cup’s New High-Tech Ball Will Change Soccer Forever