This series is one of my favorite on GITS. However, for me, the link in "20 Words We Owe to William Shakespeare" (about 10-15 down from the top) was missing. It might be: http://mentalfloss.com/article/48657/20-words-we-owe-william-shakespeare

Supercomputers.... Note that $1.6 Billion is for the whole Human Brain Project, not the machine. Also, don't believe the hype. They're *not* going to invent or discover a new computing paradigm. Neither are they going to build a computer 1000x faster than anything on the planet (unless you measure speed in a very specific way) This is because the power requirements are so onerous. Titan @ Oak Ridge, the #1 system on the planet, requires 8MW. 1000x that is 8000MW, which means you'd need one of the 5 biggest power stations on the planet dedicated full time to powering it. But all snark aside, what these guys at the Human Brian Project are doing is creating a computer model of a brain's physiology. Which is insanely interesting, important and viable science. btw, *this* is a business card: http://www.cardonizer.com/business_cards/steve_wozniak

For me, the links to charlierose.com you get by clicking on the link "Top 10 Charlie Rose interviews with film directors" above don't work. It seems they were made in the 1990s and hosted on video.google.com, which has now gone away. They are all now for sale as a dvd on amazon.com. The more recent videos on charlierose.com work fine and are free. For example, James Cameron has been interviewed (alone) three times on Charlie Rose and only the oldest one is unavailable on the site.