This week BuzzReads takes an in-depth look at the Silicon Valley-based Singularity University , where sci-fi enthused global elite try to discern our technological future. Read that, and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Sci-Fi, Religion, and Silicon Valley's Quest for Higher Learning at Singularity University — BuzzReads
Contributor Eric Benson goes inside the $12,000 weeklong program that teaches rising entrepreneurs that the secret to success is as simple as being able to tell the future. Read it at BuzzReads.
Courtesy of the Singularity University
Daniel Radcliffe's Next Trick Is to Make Harry Potter Disappear — The New York Times Magazine
A fantastic and revealing profile by Susan Dominus: "Since the Potter movies ended, Radcliffe has thrown himself into a frenzy of projects, at times working 90-hour weeks and rarely taking vacations. He seems intent on proving that he is, if not worthy of the golden ticket he received at age 10 (because who could be), at least working as hard as anyone could to show he won’t squander his fame." Read it at The New York Times Magazine.
Luca Locatelli for The New York Times
Breaking Good — ESPN The Magazine
Paul Kix brings the story of the anti-Walter White, Joe O'Brien, a lauded college football coach and former all-American player who was busted for using — and dealing — meth. After years in prison, his community reluctantly came around and let him coach again. Read it at ESPN The Magazine.
Kenneth Jarecke for espn.go.com
The Elvis Impersonator, the Karate Instructor, a Fridge Full of Severed Heads, and the Plot 2 Kill the President — GQ
Remember last spring's crazy story about the Elvis impersonator in Mississippi who supposedly mailed ricin to Obama — but was really framed by a karate instructor? Wells Tower went down to Tupelo to try and piece together what happened. Read it at GQ.
David Sandlin for gq.com
