# tech
Jaron Lanier is back with a vision of a jobless post-Singularity dystopia where hundreds of millions have no place to go and nothing to do.
# sex
Too many studies about sex and psychology use convenience samples of college students. At the same time, too many writers criticize those studies for the wrong reasons.
# sex
Sex sells, especially when it's part of a conspiracy theory that wouldn't make any sense without it. Or much with it, to be honest...
# tech
Chris Dancy's now infamous minute by minute tracking of his work day shows just how badly management understands how to track the output of employees in creative fields.
# tech
Sometimes, when all you can get for your writing is exposure, the market is trying to tell you something you'd be foolish to ignore.
# science
Today's politicians look at science with thinly veiled contempt. This is why they shouldn't be in charge of micromanaging its goals and funding.
# space
As far as colonization ideas go, Mars One is a terrible one.
# science
For an instant spacesuit, just add plasma or electrons. But don't stay in it for too long...
# astrobiology
One of the biggest questions no one asks ancient astronaut theorists is if they think our ancestors ever wrote fiction.
# evolution
If Darwin never published his treatise, we'd still have a theory of evolution almost identical to the one we have today thanks to his contemporaries.
# tech
Malware peddlers apparently have great customer service. And if you think about it, they really have to...
# tech
EU's latest idea for making the web forget you and your embarrassing posts? Set all data to self-destruct.
# tech
Bitcoin isn't about to crash, but it's very unlikely to scale up to a currency freely used around the world.
# tech
Computers respect the letter of the law, but they can't understand the spirit. That's why they're terrible at real world policing.
# health
Pat Robertson perfectly demonstrates the bad arguments faith healers use to trick people into believing they can be cured with a miracle.
