22 November 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Nov 2010 How Mexico is changing: narco bling now for sale, instead of being kept by officials. We have no mayor, no police, no transit system. Government is beside the point in abandoned Mexican border towns. American executives explain what it's like to be taken over by Chinese firms. Terrific quick take on Chinese and American shifts in might, anticipating end of Western predominance. Study: The more people talk about controversial issues, the less likely they are to change their minds. Long read: John Cassidy's case for what banks do, and why investment bankers are socially useless. Jury awards naked sleepwalker $14 million after corporate reports him stalking a co-worker in the night. How can we be turning and turning and not know it? When blindfolded, we can't walk straight, and there is no good answer why Facebook is amazing because it feels like you're doing something and you're not doing anything. How bipolar disorder was intially marketed in the '90s: publications ghost-written by PR agencies. Video: Agency challenges musicians to create/record new songs during flight from Paris to Tokyo. Short report on Manila's love motels--some offer wifi, some offer Oval Office sex simulation. Gallery: Japanese love hotels. Five books to understand the Euro; appreciation of Sasha Hemon's lexicon.
