Brain Recharge: Subway Psychology, KSM’s Long-Term Effects, Britain’s Crazy Internet Law, & More…
YOU: Ugh…we really ate and drank a ton yesterday – I’m still full.
BRAIN: I guess that’s what Thanksgiving is all about.
YOU: I can’t move…let’s just zone out in front of the TV and watch crappy movies and reality TV marathons on VH1.
BRAIN: Maybe we should read some interesting articles instead.
YOU: Ugh…I’m too tired to argue with you. You know what, I’m thankful for you, Brain.
BRAIN: Wow – that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me…you must still be drunk.
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* Sociologists have used urban subways as experimental real-life petri dishes for decades. How is it possible that we’re all slaves to the same unwritten social rules? And what happens when we dare to violate those rules? The results are surprising. - Slate
* Time Magazine’s cover story calls the ’00s the ‘Decade From Hell’. Pour yourself a stiff drink and relive some of the hellish memories. – Time
* Everyone knows that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted after a long and messy trial – but it’s the appeal process that will REALLY screw up our criminal justice system and cause some long-term negative consequences - Slate
* Britain recently passed a new internet law called the “Digital Economy Bill”…and apparently it’s a disaster. Let’s just hope the US government doesn’t try to imitate some of these lame and counter-productive regulations. – BBC (and also check out Boing Boing‘s analysis)
* Gun rights have nothing to do with the current health care debate, right? Then why is the gun lobby fighting furiously against the proposed health care bills? - Slate
