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The power of nothing

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Michaela

A beautiful article from this week’s New Yorker on science and the art of medicine, as scientist are debating the response to placebo. Power of nothing

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Keenly Keynes

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Michaela

This is an article from this week’s New Yorker on John Maynard Keynes and his ideas that have shaped the world we live in Now. What would he tell us to do now – and should we listen ? The … Continue reading →

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Politics and the Media

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Michaela

2 articles from the recent New Yorker on the US Budget crisis and responsibility & Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids & responsibility Empty Wallets / Early Birds

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God knows where I am

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Michaela

A griping article about a patient who rejects her diagnosis, refused all psychiatric medication and drifted to the edge of society. God Knows where I am

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Poking them with a sharp stick

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Michaela

Chronicles about Alexey Navalny and the Web site RosPil, which is dedicated to exposing state corruption in Russia. In the past three years Navalny has established himself as a kind of Russian Julian Assange or Lincoln Steffens. On his blog, he … Continue reading →

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Do you have free will ?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Michaela

by John Tierney Suppose that Mark and Bill live in a deterministic universe. Everything that happens this morning — like Mark’s decision to wear a blue shirt, or Bill’s latest attempt to comb over his bald spot — is completely … Continue reading →

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From protest to revolution

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Michaela

By Dan Hind Easily daunted but often reckless polemicist, author of “The Return of the Public” The popular uprising in Egypt is still less than three weeks old. We still cannot know how it will end – whether the ruling … Continue reading →

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Irhal ! Irhal !*

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Michaela

Some interesting reads on Egypt. The first one is a commentary on the bigger picture of  Egypt’t revolution, the US, Israel and Palestinians. The second one a reflection on the fate of a group that may become the collateral damage … Continue reading →

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Democratic movement

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Michaela

An interesting  commentary on the revolution in Tunisia, Wikileaks and the involvement of US diplomacy and politics. Democratic movement

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I *think* I’ll walk….

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Michaela

An excerpt from the new book of the neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, who argues that brain-wave control of machines will allow the paralyzed to walk and portends a future of mind melds and thought downloads. Fascinating. Mind Out of Body Laboratory of … Continue reading →

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