Episode 102: The Long View

This week, Jessica and Michael discuss the first ever image captured of a black hole and contemplate on cosmic abyss and designing for impermanence.

Jessica says,

This is the opposite of a meme in a way. It’s so profound. It’s so far away. It’s so suitably impossible… There’s something profound about the fact that this thing preceded us, will outlive us. It’s further away than our newsfeeds and I find that almost like a religious experience. And I’m not a religious person.

Also mentioned this week:

• NASA, Image of the Black Hole
• Matt Ford, New Republic, In Defense of the Blurry Black Hole Photo
• Dennis Overbye, New York Times, Darkness Visible, Finally: Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole
• James Gleick, Faster
• Popular Mechanics, Behind the Scenes of the First Black Hole Photo,
• Popular Mechanics, How They Got the Black Hole Picture That Changed Science
• NYT, How Katie Bouman Accidentally Became the Face of the Black Hole Project
• Margaret Hamilton and Katie Bouman diptych
• Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, How One Omnipresent Gadget Makes Your Life Worse Everyday
• Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, An Artist Rises and Brings a Generation With Him
• Liz Jackson, The Girl With The Purple Cane
• #comicsanstakeover

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