Interesting Things on the Internet: August 21st 2017

• Eliminating the Human. Perfectly capturing something that's bothered me for a while now. Although I totally understand the desire to design human interactions out of everything (given that I'm not great in social/unfamiliar situations myself), I also think that we shouldn't do it. Some of the friction and discomfort is useful for us.
• Study of the Week: Of Course Virtual K-12 Schools Don’t Work. See last point...