Najib Aminy

Former Assistant (to the) Editorial Director

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The ambitious plan to send a spacecraft to the nearest habitable planet beyond Earth's solar system
Quartz - Akshat Rathi
Technology doesn’t have to be new to be useful. Indeed, the very first technology to let us explore other continents on Earth will also be the technology to let us explore our nearest star. Sails, which our ancestors used to capture the force of wind to power boats, will now harness the force of …
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Video: The Canoe (Trailer)
canoekayak.com - CanoeKayak.com
This stunning trailer for Goh Iromoto’s upcoming film, The Canoe, is worth watching in its own right. The beautiful cinematography and captivating …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyAnJQGE6E
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Jan 5, 2017
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World Map Reveals What Each Country Does Better Than Any Other
My Modern Met - Sara Barnes
Designer David McCandless of Information is Beautiful has created a fascinating world map called International Number Ones. “Because every country is the best at something,” McCandless also offers the caveat that this accolade is “according to data,” which makes perfect sense once you study the …
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Every Mysterious Question in Westworld
uncrate.com
Spoiler warning. With its convoluted timelines, unknowable motives, and strange questions, Westworld does an excellent job of keeping you guessing. …
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The Year We Played Ourselves
The New Yorker - Jia Tolentino
Earlier this year, in the deep boredom of late winter, I started keeping a Google doc called “Who Played Themselves 2016.” It was both a private joke and a serious inquiry. There was something about the year’s conditions—the weather on social media, a certain psychological wind—that seemed to put …