[…] Iran has as much chance of stopping an Israeli strike as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does of becoming an ayatollah […]

• Difference Engine: Luddite legacy
  Will more and more jobs be done by machines instead of people?
• The Kabul you don’t see in the news
  Great photo series of present day Kabul street life.
• Your Brain Knows a Lot More Than You Realize
  The brain’s a fascinating organ.
• Swearing
  GitHub’s Zach Holman on why he swears in his talks.
• How a Few Bad Apples Ruin Everything
  From personal experience, I’d say this is true (and not only at work).
• If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong
  This is something I noticed in myself, if I clearly separate busy and free times and focus more on the tasks at hand, I’m more productive.
• Remember the “borderless” Internet? It’s officially dead
  The idea of regulating the Internet seems to be popular all over the planet at the moment.
• The Persian Incursion
  What insight can be gained from a strategy game about a potential Israeli air-strike on Iran? Interesting article from Foreign Policy.
• Slouching toward a bananapocalypse?
  Will bananas soon disappear from our supermarkets? Good insights into the world food market and monocultures, which kinda made me think of The Windup Girl (affiliate link) by Paolo Bacigalupi.
• Shanghai Gets Supersized
  This article about Shanghai, a city I called home for a year, sent me on trip down memory lane, so I want to share it with you.

We’re from Shanghai. We care only about money. You want to talk politics, go to Beijing.