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Saturday, January 11

11th Jan - W/E: Off-topics & Finnish



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OFF-TOPIC
With Great Computing Power Comes Great Surveillance – The Atlantic
The dark side of Moore's Law

Be a Cocky Little Nobody – TIME
Ricky Gervais on what's made him so successful

Inside China’s 'Breaking Bad' village – The Telegraph
After China's biggest drug bust was made last month, Tom Phillips visits the tiny village responsible for producing a third of the country's Methamphetamine supply

Who Made That T-Shirt? – NYT
In 1904, the Cooper Underwear Company ran a magazine ad announcing a new product for bachelors.

This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief – Salon
From Pope Francis to Phil Robertson: Why are some people of faith generous — while others are nuts?

Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower – NYT

NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption – WaPo

NSA Hackers Get the ‘Ungettable’ With Rich Catalog of Custom Tools – Wired

What if the Germans had won the first world war? – The Guardian
With the war's centenary near, this is not a parlour game. Counterfactual conjecture allows us to see the conflict far more objectively

1942 ‘Time Capsule’ Apartment Discovered In Paris – Bello Blog

Do the Hustle – The New Yorker
Con artists are greedy hucksters who sell us dreams that never come true. But Americans have a soft spot for them.

Why creative people tend to be eccentric – Farnam Street
Creativity and eccentricity often go hand in hand, and researchers now believe that both traits may be a result of how the brain filters incoming information.

The Secrets of White Collar Prisons – dujour
Bernie Kerik, Jack Abramoff and Dennis Kozlowski—three of the most high-profile men to be on the inside—smash the perception that prison life is anything like "Club Fed"

Before They Pass Away – BB
A Photographer Races After Vanishing Tribes

The Invisible Hand Award – Krugman / NYT




Why We Binge-Watch Television – The Daily Beast
As a society, we’re more distracted than ever. So how is it that streaming hours of complicated TV dramas at a time is becoming our preferred method of watching television?


  MARIJUANA
New Amsterdam – Slate
Is Colorado—and its pot supply—ready for weed tourism?

Drug legalisation: Of bongs and bureaucrats – The Economist

Marijuana legalisation: High time – The Economist

CNN Poll: Support for legal marijuana soaring – Political Ticker

Yuppie Prohibition League Denounces Pot Legalization – Rolling Stone

Libertarians Know How To Oppose Things Without Banning Them – Reason

FINNISH
Valvira salasi oikuttelevan potilasjärjestelmän vikaluokituksen: "Liikesalaisuus" – YLE
Valvovat viranomaiset ja Hus-johtaja ovat aiemmin olleet samassa työpaikassa. Valvojan päätöksellä tarkastuskertomuksesta salattiin Husin käyttämä vikaluokitus.

Todellisuudentajua federalisteille – Henri Myllyniemi / US

Nollakorko ei tehoa – Talouden Tulkki

Taloustietäjät: Krugmanin Suomi-ihmettelyn syynä tiedon puute – HS

Krugman kävi opastamassa myös ruotsalaisia taloudenpidossa – Verkkouutiset
Talousnobelisti Paul Krugman jatkoi perjantaina matkaansa Kööpenhaminasta Tukholmaan, missä hän läksytti maan keskuspankkia asuntokuplan synnyn estämisestä sekä valtiovarainministeri Anders Borgia verojen ja maksujen väärinkytkennästä.

Ykkösaamu: Björn Wahlroos – YLE
Vieraana Sampo Oyj:n hallituksen puheenjohtaja Björn Wahlroos.

Björn Wahlroos: Suomen talous on menossa oikein huonoon suuntaan – YLE

Wahlroos Ylen Ykkösaamussa: "Suomessa liian kallista tuottaa mitään" – Verkkouutiset

Kultaan sidottu raha ei ehkäise pankkikriisejä – kuten USA:n historia osoittaa – Tyhmyri

Millä keinoilla Suomi nousuun? – Paavo Häikiö