Linkdump for May 11th
¶ by Rob Friesel-
at The Sun (via B²) — HOLY WTF?
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via Nettuts+
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at The Burlington Free Press — I tip my hat to the officers; may this approach grow and fine more, new, and better successes.
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at InfoQ
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by Margaret Talbot:
Using neuroenhancers, [Seltzer] said, “is like customizing yourself—customizing your brain.” For some people, he went on, it was important to enhance their mood, so they took antidepressants; but for people like him it was more important “to increase mental horsepower.” He added, “It’s fundamentally a choice you’re making about how you want to experience consciousness.”
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at The New Yorker, by Malcolm Gladwell:
George Washington couldn’t do it. His dream, before the war, was to be a British Army officer, finely turned out in a red coat and brass buttons. He found the guerrillas who had served the American Revolution so well to be “an exceeding dirty and nasty people.” He couldn’t fight the establishment, because he was the establishment.
Check it out — it's a great read.
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