The man who invented, then hated, shopping malls
Victor Gruen is, according to history, the man who invented the shopping mall… but that wasn’t quite what he was aiming for. … Read the full post »
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Victor Gruen is, according to history, the man who invented the shopping mall… but that wasn’t quite what he was aiming for. … Read the full post »
Or so claims Tom Scott.With justification. Sort of. … Read the full post »
Wage transparency is a strange concept for most of us: not so in some of the Nordic countries. And while Norway, Sweden and Finland differ in exactly the amount of access they give the public, fundamentally your tax return would be public knowledge there. … Read the full post »
In the Thames Estuary, near a town called Sheerness, a few dozen miles east of London, lies a World War 2 shipwreck that contains over 1,000 tonnes of unexploded bombs. Is it a risk to the area? Or is it just an interesting historical artifact? The trouble is, no-one’s quite sure… … Read the full post »
Zebra, pelican, puffin, toucan, pegasus: Britain names our pedestrian crossings after creatures, thanks to historical reasons. But do they actually make you safer? Well, not always. … Read the full post »
In Europe, you’re legally protected from “automated decisions”. The US Army, in a recent report, may have to take issue with that. What’s the battlefield of the future going to look like? And why is there a tank painted bright blue in the middle of London? … Read the full post »
Goalball was invented after World War 2 to help rehabilitate blinded ex-servicemen. Nearly seventy years later, it’s now a Paralympic sport, where every player has a full blindfold. … Read the full post »
How Britain would have tried to survive a nuclear assault during the Cold War. … Read the full post »