October 2, 2012: Afternoon
- The election is over, and it's time—finally—to start thinking about the future again.
- At some point in every U.S. presidential election someone will deem it "the most important election in history."
- America's super-rich feel aggrieved in part because they believe themselves to be fundamentally different from a leisured, hereditary gentry.
- Magic trick-inspired study suggests political beliefs are more malleable than previously thought.
- What would happen in a real-life Revolution scenario.
- After a winter in the dark, Russia considers reinstating daylight savings.
- David Mitchell: "You've morphed from being the Creator to the guy who happened to write the original novel."
- Alice Walker discusses the impact of The Color Purple 30 years after its publication.
- Paris Review editor Lorin Stein on his soccer dreams, being a terrible teacher, and how to get a free meal in New York.
- Photographic evidence the Brooklyn Nets cheerleader uniforms were inspired by Clueless.
- Appearing 53 times out of every million words, the demise of "whom" appears imminent.
- Hong Kong's obsession with weird English names.
- Synth manufacturer offers 3D printable replacement parts.
- Goebbels gifting a violin reminds one musician of when Mussolini reportedly did the same thing.