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Is Marriage Obsolete?
In the current issue of The Atlantic, the newly-divorced Sandra Tsing Loh wonders out loud “isn’t the idea of lifelong marriage obsolete?” but then holds off a little from answering that question directly in order to do a characteristically amusing…
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Science Is Having Second Thoughts About Booze
“Alcohol in moderation is good for you.” This has been the conclusion of countless scientific studies. That apple a day to keep the doctor away, according to researchers, should be served with a nice glass of Pinot. Many (myself excluded…
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Morning Coffee
Kevin Van Aelst makes art out of food. If I was an art critic I would describe it as making the familiar surprising. Instead I will say that it is rad. How Tetris helped fuel the Cold War. “Haven’t we…
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Street Use
Yesterday I posted about a book that makes the striking argument that we over-emphasize the role of innovation when we talk about technological evolution, and “downplay the long and winding road of adoption, imitation, diffusion, improvement, recycling and hybridization.” If…
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Iran News Links
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for an election inquiry. A “how to” guide to tracking Iran protests with Twitter and social media. @PersianKiwi may be the world’s most important journalist right now. Gunfire from pro-government militia kills one…
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The Shock of the Old
Alexis Madrigal mentions a 2006 book that seems to be a must-read: The Shock of the Old, by David Edgerton. From the bookpage:
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Being a Woman Before Feminism
Bookslut came across this hilarious and somewhat brilliant essay by Lynn Barber from last December in which she talks about what it was like to come of age before feminism: “We had no sex education. We had a lesson on reproduction in…
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Saturday Morning Links
Let’s begin with some cool art. Here’s a selection of extraordinary early 20th-century book covers from Japan, courtesy of A Journey Round My Skull. Benjamin Franklin advises: don’t start flamewars. Speaking of 18th-century bloggers, Samuel Pepys is still at it.…
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Morning Coffee
The best thing about being alive and on the internet in 2009 are photoblogs of diy urban archaeology. The Kingston Lounge is one such site, focusing on decaying old hospitals. Or how about this photo gallery of the abandoned SFO…