2011
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Internet: Not Randomized?
Wikileaks released this TED Talks video yesterday, titled “Facebook and Google / Secret Revealed.” The video explains how our internet searches may be sorted by an algorithm based on our assumed preferences.
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What is Madness?
Challenging the current relationship between analyst and patient, Darian Leader’s What is Madness? calls for a revolution in the way we frame—and treat—mental illness. The Guardian reviews the “manifesto” here. “Leader is presenting us with a challenge. That we recognise…
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King Revokes Lashings
“Although there has been no official confirmation of the ruling, Princess Amira al-Taweel, wife of the Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, tweeted: ‘Thank God, the lashing of [Shaima] is cancelled. Thanks to our beloved king. I am sure all Saudi…
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The Art of Being an Undergraduate
Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding is not actually a baseball novel; it’s a college novel, a great college novel.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the week is an awesome photo-collection of old tvs. Tiny tiny England, 1930s style! Why are men terrible? Maybe evolution? Behold the Pacman Nebula! Also, here’s your weeks worth of animals-over-taking-ruin porn.
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Erasing The Room
The hallway outside my room in Indiana was narrow, well lit, and tiled in every direction. Most nights, I was terrified to enter it.
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
There are a bunch of new Kindles if you’re into that whole e-reader thing. Your car will soon be able to read your mind if Nissan has its way. So just how long does your cellphone company keep your call…
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Modeling Literary Culture
Should book reviews be reserved for the literary elite? Isn’t it important for a book to win the respect of the general public? These are the questions that distinguish book reviews from blog reviews, which is essential in our forging…
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Cities and You
The Atlantic recently ran an article entitled “Why Americans Love Chain Stores: A Psychological Perspective,” and not only does it break down our metropolitan American tendencies, but it explains them in terms of our psychological issues. Our ideals about American…
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Occupy Wall Street Roundup
As usual, the Guardian looks to have the best coverage of all the major media outlets on this story. What does it say about the state of US media when a British paper is kicking the NY Times’s butt on…