- Unemployed people who use the Internet for a living…use the Internet when they’re unemployed.
- Won’t someone please think of the children! Relatedly, NPR had a good series on the bail bond industry earlier this year.
- Wait, you mean “Top Secret America” didn’t fix the problem?
- Google’s privacy dilemma.
Tag: reading
Linkwad.
That’s why we’re still waiting.
From the NYT Mag:
Is adulthood now so malleable, with marriage and employment options constantly being reassessed, that young people would be better off just getting started on something, or else they’ll never catch up, consigned to remain always a few steps behind the early bloomers? Is emerging adulthood a rich and varied period for self-discovery, as Arnett says it is? Or is it just another term for self-indulgence?
I’d say more self-indulgence. This is not necessarily a bad thing–on the whole, I’d say that things like, say, Teach for America were less harmful than the super-driven, high-achieving folks who came up with mortgage-backed securities.
Linkwad.
- A former writer for The Tonight Show details how Conan got screwed.
- Moving may or may not be problematic for kids, especially introverted and neurotic ones. Via @Maryvale.
- Was the Toyota runaway vehicle panel unqualified?
- New deportation rulings are a step forward, but probably won’t help anyone already kicked out.
Linkwad.
- Squirrels are awesome (though less adorable than guinea pigs). Via @anthimeria.
- I am entirely in favor of anything that produces less paper mail.
- Anyone want to bankroll some Somali pirates for a 1600% ROI?
- Sabotaging Iranian nuclear ambitions. Gladwell’s NYer piece on spies is also good reading.
Get off the wall.
Anil Dash has some good advice:
If you care about startups, get involved. Do you think the AT&Ts and Verizons, let alone the Halliburtons and BPs of the world, are going to just let the government leave startups alone? If you have a cool new music startup, and the RIAA sends 100 lobbyists to DC to crush you, and the current administration asks “What can we do to help you innovate?” and your answer is “STOP PISSING ON OUR FLOWERS YOU SOCIALISTS!”, how do you think it’s gonna play out?
Here’s a hint: It doesn’t end up with you sitting happily in a rose garden.
The whole post is worth a read. More generally, you can replace “startups” with your cause of choice and still get some good advice.