- How to make trillions of dollars – a great piece on consumerism. “I must say that I don’t recommend that you do this” warns David Cain. “Aspiring to trillions is the domain of the wicked alone and we won’t be able to be friends any more.”
- Why do more American military personnel take their own lives than die in combat? And why isn’t it a bigger story?
- If current trends continue, next year the number of people in Africa with a mobile phone will overtake the number of people who are literate.