Headlines from October 8, 2011

Now a decade old, the Afghan war is little better than half over, far from reaching goals.
We think it’s benign. U.S. drone fleet infected with virus we shouldn’t worry about—yet.
Nobel Prize-winning women were powerful because they directly confronted evil-doers.
Human sociability rituals like chanting and dancing as protest are light years ahead of social media.
Majority of Russia “shrugs” at prospect of more Putin, doesn’t expect good things.
It’s a weird confluence of militarisation and tourism. Report from Hawaii’s APEC conference.
The euro went from good idea to the world’s most dangerous currency when romantic visions trumped economics. #longreads
Paris has a deputy mayor of the night; city appreciates importance of night infrastructure. via
Applying critical thinking to question of first contact suggests alien won’t be nice. #philosophy
On the 1971 phone phreakers article that inspired Steve Jobs to take up tech.
Have you noticed your children pressing shapes on static posters. Screens are changing us.
Photographer disproves unique style by finding 15 of you. #photos
Fishing with captive otters in Bangladesh is on the way out.