View from The Cloud
What does it mean of the rest of life on Earth?
By Brooke Jarvis.
From the New York Times Magazine.
The 1930s were humanity's darkest hour: Are you paying attention?
by JONATHAN FREEDLAND
A decade haunted by mass poverty, violent extremism and world war gives us one crucial advantage: the chance to learn the era’s lessons and avoid its mistakes.
Cyber war for sale
By MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ
From the New York Times Magazine. After a maker of surveillance software was hacked, its leaked documents shed light on a shadowy global industry that has turned email theft into a terrifying — and lucrative — political weapon.
Civility and respect beat political correctness every time
By BREDA O'BRIEN
From Irish Times. Denying a platform to those who disagree with you drives dissent underground.
Fake News Sites are more than Social Media drivers — they're powerful profit drivers
By SORYA CHEMALY
From Salon. Banning fake-news sites doesn't address the real problem: Social-media companies make big money off lies and hate.
The Social Advantage of Pockets
By CLARE MULLANEY
From The Atlantic. Who can use a pocket, and what it can carry, has historically depended on the person doing the pocketing.
A Time for Refusal
By TEJU COLE
From the New York Times. On the necessity of resisting the new normal.
Please stop entertaining my kid — I want him to be bored
From Salon. A thought that will echo with many of today's parents.
War Goes Viral
From The Atlantic, a very thoughtful and comprehensive piece about the impact of social media on the waging of war. Long Read, so leave time for it.
A comet smashing into ancient Earth may have set off catastrophic global warming
From WAtoday. It's not the first time for global warming, but we didn't start it before.
How American Politics Went Insane
From The Atlantic, a scary imagining of the future of politics in America, scary for Americans ... and for the rest of us too.
