A weird Meerkat experiment in which Sam and Simon try live-streaming their conversation, and discuss how we act differently when we're being observed. It's all very meta.

Stuff mentioned in this episode:

• SxSW is happening, so expect new connected toilets any day now
• Actual meerkats, and why they're awesome, and why you should watch Meerkat Manor, a meerkat soap opera
• The Hawthorne Effect
• Selfie sticks
• The first rule of UX Design: "Don't Make Me Think" - hat-tip to Steve Krug
• Hearthstone
• Surgeon Simulator: the game, but more importantly, the videos of other people playing the game
• Sam's secret obsession with videos of people squeezing pimples (no link supplied, go Google it yourself YOU FREAKS)
• A 100 person LARP of Hamlet in Denmark
• AfrikaBurn and ephemeral experiences
• Why Ideocracy is wrong and people are actually getting smarter
• Snapchat Discover and what this means for how news is changing (again)
• Timeline, Vox and cribnotes for the news
• Blinkist, for 15 minute versions of non-fiction books
• Slack: the email killer

Yet another picture of a naked mole rat. You know you wanted it.