Hello there, you glorious creature!

And welcome to your weekend!

Today we're spoiling you with some surreal advertising, an important AI update, a bedtime story for nerds, and much more.

But first, (because it's important to have fun on Fridays) let's take a stroll down the road of creativity with the Minister of Silly Walks himself...

Big love,
Chris & the 42courses team x 

• Why a film set is like a startup: This unlikely simile comes from an even more unlikely source - Dan Ariely. This is his reflection on the TV show based on his life.
   
• If you think Dali's art is disturbing, watch this! Imagine Banksy appearing in a Cadbury ad. Well, this is the 1968 French version. Enjoy!
   
• Why tact is a tactic: "Tact is the ability to step on a man’s toes without scuffing the shine on his shoes. To hammer home a point without hitting the other fellow’s thumb. To agree with someone and still convince him that he’s wrong."
   
• The new language of AI: Reasoners, agents, and deep research. You might have heard these words around because they're all the rage in how AI works now.
   
• The story of Zero: Told like a bedtime story, this history of a very important number comes from Dr Hannah Fry in the most soothing maths lesson you've ever had.

• 1804 - The world’s first steam locomotive, built by Richard Trevithick, makes its debut, chugging along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. 🚂
   
• 1842 - John Greenough patents the first known sewing machine in the United States, making it significantly easier for people to stitch things together—literally. 🧵
   
• 1858 - Edwin T. Holmes installs the first electric burglar alarm in Boston, Massachusetts. 🚨
   
• 1918 - The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo, marking the end of an era where America had its own native parrot. 🦜
   
• 1925 - The first issue of The New Yorker magazine is published, bringing highbrow wit, cartoons, and a smug sense of cultural superiority to coffee tables everywhere. 🗞️
   
• 1947 - Edwin Land wows the Optical Society of America in New York City by demonstrating the first instant-developing camera, ensuring future generations never have to wait for embarrassing photos. 📸
   
• 1964 - The UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatles wallpaper to the US, proving that Beatlemania wasn’t just a musical obsession—it was also an interior design choice. 🎸🛋️
   
• 2019 - The Lunar Library, a 30-million-page digital archive, is launched aboard Israel’s Beresheet Lunar Lander, aiming to be stored on the Moon—because even astronauts need something to read. 📚🌙