John Arquilla | Foreign Policy | 26 November 2012 It wasn't the Russian winter that stopped Napoleon in 1812. It was guerilla warfare. Russians sent bands of Cossacks to harry French columns and supply lines. Classic instance of "swarming": Simultaneous attack from all sides Comments Gary Marcus | New Yorker | 27 November 2012 Google's driverless cars are legal in three states. Proof that we need machines which can make value judgements, not only technical ones. What if there's a choice between hitting an errant schoolbus, and plunging over a ravine? Comments Fintan O'Toole | NYRB | 26 November 2012 Review of Richard Burton's "Diaries", narrative of dissipated genius. "If Burton’s soul was sold, the price he got for it—a feast of sex with the world’s most beautiful women, torrents of money—makes Faust look like a sucker" Comments Terry Eagleton | Guardian | 14 November 2012 Review of Benoit Peeters's book, noteworthy for explaining deconstruction in half a paragraph. "It seizes on the out-of-place element in a system, and uses it to show how the system is never quite as stable as it imagines" Comments Christina Odone | Foreign Policy | 26 November 2012 Profile of Carne Ross, former British diplomat who has reinvented himself as an "independent diplomat" for hire at the United Nations, advising politicians and unrecognised states. Clients include Kosovo, South Sudan, Polisario Comments John Quiggin | National Interest | 19 November 2012 Oil does matter to the US economy, but much less than it used to. At 4% of GDP, spending on oil roughly matches spending at hotels and restaurants. Oil politics shaped American global strategy in 1970s. Shouldn't do so now Comments | 
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