Thor Benson
Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science.
- I need a shirt that says "I know. I'm sorry." for when I go to Europe
- The guy who quit his corporate job and decided to sail to Hawaii looks to be most of the way there
- Remember that scene in Hacks where she uses the paintball gun on that billboard
- How consultants imagine swing voters vs. actual swing voters
- There's a thread on Twitter that purports to show that AI can save money by producing visual effects better than Hollywood. And it's just identical shots that wouldn't exist without straight plagiarism of the source material. It might be the dumbest thread I've ever seen.
- They reinvented the mirror
- I love when a cat has a theory. They're usually wrong, but it's fun to watch the scientific method
- They're like, "I bet if I just did this..." Nope. Broke the TV
- Ok that's hilarious
- People think being rich means you can't be bought but actually most really rich people are cheap and have an unending desire for more money
