1,000-Year Books, Medical Glitch-Art, and Why James Bond Should Wash His Hands More Often

The finest reading material in my weekly “Linkfest”

Monday hath arrived, so it’s time to PROCRASTINATE.

You could while away a lovely hour on TikTok.

Or you could read this “Linkfest” — filled with edifying material just for you!

1) 📘 A plastic book, designed to be read in 1,000 years

Plastic can stick around for 1,000 years, which is why plastic pollution is such a nightmare. After reading about this, members of the Vietnamese design agency Ki Saigon decided to create an art project: A letter to the future, printed on a book made of plastic — so it would be readable 1,000 years from now.

They asked contributors from around the world to write letters to their years-hence descendants, and the result is quite stirring …

“We wanted to create an emotional connection with the reader and the plastic they use,” Kumkum adds on the ultimate intention of the book. “A connection that would make them feel that the plastic we mindlessly use has a life of its own after it’s out of sight. A life that lasts hundreds and hundreds of years.” The emotional letters which fill its pages wish…