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Interesting ideas. I'm annoyed he had to field questions on the decline of language.

Maddening. Their denial goes against their own internal studies that planned for the economic impact of Arctic warming!

"copper-jacketed death sperm" might be my new favorite gun metaphor.

Pretty much.

Well. Regulated.

I think this gets at the core of why it's so hard to get metrics in education.

Short of profiling all angry young men... Let's take the guns.

His disdain for the rules of modern American politics makes him formidable

Bruce calls for widespread open source verification of the software in our everyday objects.

Those numbers are ridiculous. Best chips in the business.

I concur in the desire to never hear about these people again. Sadly...

A powerful embrace of BLM by a sitting senator. Glad I helped elect her.

I had heard of her project before, but this really gets into how bad representation is for women in Hollywood.

Surprised to see this from WSJ but it's not wrong about what globalization and short term profits have wrought.

I had no idea we almost had basic income under Nixon! Where was this in my AP US class? Not to mention how bad Moynihan got. Some good new terms: penal welfarism; carceral state; compounded deprivation. "families are social structures existing within larger social structures". I'm almost certain calling the system the Gray Wastes is a reference to Planescape.

Sounds like cheating on emissions and efficiency standards is wide spread as governments try to force carmakers to address pollution.

I think it will be very hard for the law to catch up to smart objects.

Some good points in how text interaction helps the introverted be social on their own terms.

This feels like a certain warped flavor of Protestant "they deserved it" justice.

John was having fun talking Taptic Engine.

Good answer!

It's nice having the privilege of not being targeted when history takes a turn.

This is a sad failure of imagination and collective will.

I shouldn't be shocked, but striking how long this came up before I ever heard about global warming.

Depressing as hell, but also not that surprising.

I expected more of a connection to Obama, but this is a really good piece on the splits within black communities over how to handle terrorism meant to keep them down.

Big press tour. "Your thumbs will learn" is a pretty great Steve quote.

I like the really ridiculous ones.

So clearly just a curious kid.

"disaster capitalism" is one of those gross abuses of public trust by private corporations seeking profit.