October 22, 2012

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October 22, 2012

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ELECT BIG BROTHER
National

ELECT BIG BROTHER

By TAMSIN MCMAHON11 min
AWASH IN OIL
International

AWASH IN OIL

By COLBY COSH9 min
Back to the future
MACLEAN'S BACK PAGES

Back to the future

By NICHOLAS KÖHLER9 min
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ELECT BIG BROTHER 2223
National

ELECT BIG BROTHER

Technology is giving politicians incredible power to get inside voters’ minds By TAMSIN MCMAHON11 min
AWASH IN OIL 3435
International

AWASH IN OIL

Forget the doomsayers. Cheap abundant fossil fuels will drive our future. By COLBY COSH9 min
Back to the future 8687
MACLEAN'S BACK PAGES

Back to the future

Once dismissed as a flight of fancy, the flying car is preparing for takeoff again By NICHOLAS KÖHLER9 min
The robot invasion 5051
Business

The robot invasion

A new breed of small but complex 'learning’ robots— working alone or in insect-like swarms—are set to revolutionize manufacturing and labour By CHARLIE GILLIS8 min
Tomorrow's people 7879
Society

Tomorrow's people

Brain caps that let us speak via our thoughts, cochlear implants that bestow super hearing: the body of the future will transcend human limits. And it’s not far away. By ANNE KINGSTON8 min
A SUICIDE ON MOUNT ROYAL 8283
Society

A SUICIDE ON MOUNT ROYAL

An excerpt from Alix Ohlin’s novel Inside, about rescue and the importance of trying to help
On microchips, how choice always wins, and why there is nothing to fear from robots 2021
Interview

On microchips, how choice always wins, and why there is nothing to fear from robots

BRIAN DAVID JOHNSON is Intel Corporation’s chief futurist, the man the computer-chipmaking giant entrusts with looking ahead 10 or 15 years and predicting how people will be interacting with its products. He is also someone who passionately argues the future is what we make it, and being pessimistic and fearful is more liable to make it unpleasant. By Brian D. Johnson7 min
Newsmakers 1414a
This week

Newsmakers

The war on Big Bird, Silvio Berlusconi discovers a woman can lie, and a female perspective on the oilsands By JAIME J. WEINMAN, ANNE KINGSTON, AARON WHERRY, MARTIN PATRIQUIN7 min
The farm on top of the city 8485
Society

The farm on top of the city

A new crop of urban farming businesses aims to feed locavores, save the planet—and turn a decent profit By SARAH ELTON7 min
SOMETHING IN THE HAIR TONIGHT 3031
National

SOMETHING IN THE HAIR TONIGHT

As a veteran national news anchor, Lloyd Robertson never anticipated his greatest controversy
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