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24 Sep 11

The Fraying of a Nation’s Decency
What is creeping into the culture is simple dehumanization, a failure to imagine the lives others lead. Fellow citizens become caricatures. People retreat into their own safe realms. And decency, that great American virtue, falls away.

3 Sep 11

Can the World Still Feed Itself?
Yes, says Nestle's chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, but not if we burn food for fuel, fear genetic advances and fail to charge for water.

18 Aug 11

The Tension Between Political Campaigning and Activism
When Campaign Staffers and Progressive Activists collide

14 Aug 11

Repressing the Internet, Western-Style
How social media played a role in the London riots to varying degrees
How-To: Blast Through Boring Farmwork With Dynamite
Explosions are (still) cool.

2 Aug 11

A Story Amidst Tweets
Novelist Reif Larsen tells the story of a mysterious package 140 characters at at time.

31 Jul 11

A Billion Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? Basic Human Decency
How users are just pieces of data.
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