Latif Nasser | Boston Globe | 8 January 2012 "Arctic hysteria" afflicts only Greenland Inuit. "Dhat syndrome" is peculiar to India. Cape Verdians fear "sleeping blood". What about Westerners? Are their mental illnesses also bound to national and local cultures? Comments Slavoj Žižek | LRB | 11 January 2012 Thought-provoking essay on employment, shortfalls of capitalism. Heightened productivity, increased efficiencies mean just one thing: "The chance of being exploited in a long-term job is now experienced as a privilege" Comments Ashlee Vance | Businessweek | 12 January 2012 "You get the sense he could beat you up." But he's a smart cat too. Got the Cloud right. Skype, X-Box, Kinect doing nicely. Smartphone OS improving fast. The word on Windows 8 is good. Is the supertanker turning round? Comments David Mould | Times Higher Education | 12 January 2012 Two American researchers head to a village in northern Kazakhstan to see what life is like on a former nuclear test site. Their first thought, on arrival? The inhabitants simply must be relocated. Here's why they changed their minds Comments Cory Doctorow | Boing Boing | 10 January 2012 "Can't you just make us a general-purpose computer that runs all the programs, except the ones that scare and anger us?" Fine essay on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), implausability of regulating Internet and computing effectively Comments Patrick Symmes | Outside | 9 January 2012 "In America’s rough streets, there are four forms of currency—cash, sex, drugs, and bicycles. Of those, only one is routinely left outside unattended." Cyclist investigates what happens when your prized possession is stolen Comments | 
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