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. BREAKFAST WE DIGG | SPONSORED New Year, New You, New Way To Do Breakfast oatsovernight.com Trying to eat better? Live healthier? It all starts with breakfast, and this company is making it easier. Oats Overnight makes super high-quality oatmeal that requires zero morning prep, packs 30+ grams of protein and runs laps around your power bars. 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 We're still writing 2016 on our newsletters. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Tumblr Is Not For Work

Harry Dexter White made a name for himself organizing the world's most important economic conference, only to have it tarnished by an outrageous accusation.

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SECRET LIVES INTERNATIONAL MONETARY DISORDER The Soviet Spy Behind The Bretton Woods Conference damninteresting.com Harry Dexter White made a name for himself organizing the world's most important economic conference, only to have it tarnished by an outrageous accusation. OVER THE EDGE Bankruptcy, Suicide And A Billion-Dollar Tech Dream thestar.com A charming financier used a promising Canadian tech startup in a global investment scheme to ensnare savvy investors and Bay Street executives. But when the funding dried up, the dream came crashing down. TUMBLING OUT OF EVERYTHING There Is A Lot Of Porn On Tumblr motherboard.vice.com A new study found that nearly a quarter of Tumblr users directly consume or produce porn on the site, while another 28% are exposed to porn indirectly. MATTRESSES WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Mattress Industry Doesn't Want You To Learn These 3 Secrets (So Here They Are) lull.com Here's the deal, most mattress retailers charge you 6-12x their manufacturing costs, plus you have to deal with a cheesy salesman pressuring you to buy. Cue Lull, the smarter way to buy a mattress — online with free shipping to your doorstep and a 100-night trial. HITTING THE SWEET SPOT A BITTERSWEET EXPERIMENT A Month Without Sugar nytimes.com "It wasn't easy, but it was worth it. It reset my sugar-addled taste buds and opened my eyes to the many products that needlessly contain sugar" RUB A DUB DUB WATCH: Lynx Gets All Sleepy-Happy While Caretaker Gives Him His Morning Brushing digg.com Max has truly appreciated the extra help as he sheds his winter coat. THE WOMAN IN THE MACHINE Why Do Bots Have A Gender? newyorker.com As AI bot writers like me have struggled to create entities whose fundamental quality — captivity — must entice consumers rather than unnerve them, some have alighted on gender as a solution. BIG TECH TO THE RESCUE HIT THE ROAD, TECH In 2017, Cars Will Be At The Frontier Of Technology theverge.com The biggest shift in the perception of the automobile in America is that in 2016 cars became part of the tech industry's mission. ATTACKING THE FIBER OF THEIR BEING How Amazon, Google, And Facebook Will Bring Down Telecom Companies wired.com If you hate big telecoms, you'll feel schadenfreude at their demise. But you might end up with more of the same as the new guard becomes the old guard. VIDEO OF THE DAY FLASH FROM THE PAST How Old-School CRT TV Screens Worked, Illustrated At 1000 FPS digg.com We don't really use cathode ray tube (CRT) TVs anymore, but this slow motion video shows how the screen refreshes to display moving images. It's pretty cool. IN THE NEWS ISIS Claims Responsibility For Istanbul Nightclub Attack That Killed 39 The Titanic May Have Actually Sank Due To An Enormous Fire Hollywood Sign Vandalized To Read 'Hollyweed' Man Files Lawsuit Against Tesla Claiming His Model X Spontaneously Accelerated Into His Living Room New year. New you? Same us. Hey. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The Best Videos Of 2017 (So Far)

The Most Awkward TV News Bloopers Of 2016, Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Talk To Your Amazon Echo, The Mattress Industry Doesn't Want You To Learn These 3 Secrets (So Here They Are), Watch A Prince Rupert's Drop Shatter A Bullet, This Cardistry Pro Is So Good We've Forgotten The Laws That Govern Reality, This Domino Brick Laying Technique Is The Most Satisfying Thing You'll Watch Today This Week's Top Videos Sunday, January 1, 2017 BROUGHT TO YOU BY   YOU CAN'T SAY THIS SHIT ON TV The Most Awkward TV News Bloopers Of 2016 digg.com ​If you paid close attention to TV news in 2016, you probably had a rough year. As a recourse, here are all the slips of the tongue, ill-advised double entendres, and run-ins with derpy animals that make the local news what it is. SUCH A DIRTY MOUTH, ALEXA Maybe Don't Let Your Kid Talk To Your Amazon Echo digg.com This kid just wanted Alexa to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for him. He got something very, very different. MATTRESSES WE DIGG SPONSORED The Mattress Industry Doesn't Want You To Learn These 3 Secrets (So Here They Are) click.lull.com Here's the deal, most mattress retailers charge you 6-12x their manufacturing costs, plus you have to deal with a cheesy salesman pressuring you to buy. Cue Lull, the smarter way to buy a mattress — online with free shipping to your doorstep and a 100-night trial. FILMED AT 150,000 FPS Watch A Prince Rupert's Drop Shatter A Bullet digg.com Seeing the (glass) Prince Rupert's Drop obliterate a bullet is pretty cool, even if it ends up shattering itself after the impact. GOTTA HAND IT TO HIM This Cardistry Pro Is So Good We've Forgotten The Laws That Govern Reality digg.com We've posted a lot of videos of this same kid doing card illusions and, ya know what? We're gonna keep doing it because it's magical every time. JUST WATCH IT This Domino Brick Laying Technique Is The Most Satisfying Thing You'll Watch Today digg.com And we say that as connoisseurs of everything satisfying. Get more stories on Digg.com IT'S SUPERHUMAN Tesla autopilot reacts insanely quick to a crash. Credit: DVHardware via Gizmodo Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2017 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014