Instant messengers
John Gapper | Financial Times
Monthly Archives: September 2011
The democratic republic of Facebook
The democratic republic of Facebook
Robert Shrimsley | Financial Times
We are moving in a more humanitarian direction
We are moving in a more humanitarian direction
Matt Bieber interviews Peter Singer | Matt Bieber
Fine interview with one of world’s leading philosophers, Peter Singer, on why we should give to those trapped in extreme poverty: “I think people recognise that we have an obligation to rescue someone if their life is at stake”
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
Kate Bolick | The Atlantic
How to lead clever people
How to lead clever people
Karen Christensen | Forbes India
“Clever people are employees whose skills are not easily replicated and who add disproportionate value to their organisations”. But they are smarter than their bosses, don’t want to be led, probably don’t even want to be employees
Love among the equations
Love among the equations
Jennifer Ouellette | Scientific American
How exercise can strengthen the brain
How exercise can strengthen the brain
Gretchen Reynolds | The New York Times
The ethics of voting
The ethics of voting
Jason Brennan | The Art of Theory
A history of violence
A history of violence
Steven Pinker | Edge
The search for a more perfect kilogram
The search for a more perfect kilogram
Jonathon Keats | Wired
