Notable Reads

• The Molotov Party. Frank Rick of New York Magazine, explains the GOP.
• New York Times on understanding Mitt Romney.
• Joseph Stiglitz on the US economy.
• Ayn Rand and her influence on US society.
• Glenn Greenwald on Christopher Hitchens.
• In the Independent: What price the new democracy? Goldman Sachs conquers Europe.
• The Surveillance Catalog - where governments get their snooping tools.

• Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read.
• Sir Ken Robinson on Creative Education.
• New Zealand and Charter Schools.
• Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search.
• People out of touch with nature and Climate Change - Sir David Attenborough.

• Google, Chrome and the importance of Firefox.
• A case study in the muddle that is Android software updates.
• When Criminals Become Data Scientists.
• Internet surveillance, censorship, and avenues of resistance with anonymity - Jacob Appelbaum (scroll down).
• Jan Chipchase, It’s your Face, Not Ours.
• The Social Graph is Neither.
• Why The New York Times Isn’t Using Facebook’s ‘Frictionless Sharing’.