Kurt Eichenwald | Vanity Fair | 6 September 2012 Compelling read about run-up to the Iraq war. On this telling, Blair and Cheney were in a behind-the-scenes battle to influence Bush. Putin was having none of US hypocrisy; Chirac was merely stunned by Bush's Biblical references Comments Jesse Bering | Bering In Mind | 4 September 2012 "When no other actual person is around, and when we’re tempted to do something we know we shouldn’t, the illusion of a supernatural watcher should meaningfully influence our behavioral decision-making." But does it? Comments Peter Dizikes | MIT Review | 4 September 2012 It's not about the winning, but the taking part. “It’s the flow of the experience that people are after. Money to them is a means to sit there longer, not an end. They don’t win a jackpot and leave, they win a jackpot and stay" Comments Michael Klare | Foreign Affairs | 4 September 2012 Tensions rise in South China Sea as China, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam stake rival claims. Not the sea they want but the oil and gas beneath, now becoming recoverable thanks to new deepwater drilling technologies Comments Sarah Lacy | Pando Daily | 4 September 2012 Will Twitter be able to replicate, or exceed, the success of companies like Facebook? The jury is out. And divided in opinion. The reason? "No company has ever defied the odds quite like this." Here's why Comments Daniel Bor | Slate | 4 September 2012 "Consciousness is in many ways the most important question remaining for science. But the nature of consciousness is not just a vital question for science; it’s the source of some of our thorniest, most fundamental ethical dilemmas" Comments | 
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