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DEBATE — Don’t panic – Jeremy Adelman on aeon.co: “In fact, the idea of decline is one thing the extremes of Left and Right agree upon.”
POLITICS — Left for dead – Geoffrey M Hodgson on theconversation.com: “The idea of the Left has been co-opted by Marxism. It originally stood for liberty, rights, democracy and equality under the law.”
ECONOMICS — Communist restaurant, shockingly, fails – Abigail R. Hall on blog.independent.org: “What the creators of the diner (and the communist leaders on their walls) failed to recognize is that private property rights, prices, profit and loss are fundamental to bringing producers and consumers together, giving consumers what they want, and increasing wealth and prosperity.”
TECHNOLOGY — Picture perfect – Michael Zhang on petapixel.com: “As the worlds of artificial intelligence and digital photography collide, we’re starting to see some mind-blowing technology emerge.”
TRANSPORTATION — Living a plane life – Laura Mallonee on wired.com: “Mike Kelley captures the full arc in Life Cycles, a stunning series of aerial photographs shot from above factories, airports and boneyards.”
AI — “Skip to the good part” – Tasha Robinson on theverge.com: “[Audible’s] new machine-learning feature finds sex scenes, but it’s also about using data analysis to help a voracious audience find the books they most want.”
HEALTH — Bacon in you – Chelsea Gohd on futurism.com: “Donor organs are scarce, costly, and often result in rejection. One new method uses pig organs to partially grow organs to be transplanted.”
SOCIETY — Stomach turning – Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley on gastropod.com: “A brief history of a surprisingly common tendency among animals, ancient humans included”
CULTURE — Tabloid Art History – Jason Kottke on kottke.org: “…for every pic of Lindsay Lohan falling, there’s a Bernini sculpture begging to be referenced…”
KNOWHOW — Just two minutes – curiosity.com: “There are a lot of methods, hacks, and techniques that can change your bad habits for good. But the 2-minute rule is different. ”