1.0The Readerhttps://thereader.comThe Readerhttps://thereader.com/author/the-reader-staff/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="e791CYLMvU"><a href="https://thereader.com/2017/03/07/the-future-kills-in-threes/">The Future Kills in Threes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thereader.com/2017/03/07/the-future-kills-in-threes/embed/#?secret=e791CYLMvU" width="600" height="338" title="“The Future Kills in Threes” — The Reader" data-secret="e791CYLMvU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The future just won’t leave us alone. Automobiles are driving themselves, robots are vacuuming our floors and as of last month, drones have begun delivering Amazon packages around rural England in 30 minutes or less. It’s enough to inspire a Luddite to seek out a quiet, pastoral life under a biodome on Mars.  But it […]https://i0.wp.com/thereader.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Reader.png?fit=609%2C200&ssl=1609200