October 8, 2011: Weekend
- Now a decade old, the Afghan war is little better than half over, far from reaching goals.
- 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.
- Report from Hawaii's APEC conference.
- The euro went from good idea to the world's most dangerous currency when romantic visions trumped economics.
- Paris has a deputy mayor of the night; city appreciates importance of night infrastructure.
- Applying critical thinking to question of first contact suggests alien won't be nice.
- On the 1971 phone phreakers article that inspired Steve Jobs to take up tech.
- Screens are changing us.
- Photographer disproves unique style by finding 15 of you.
- Fishing with captive otters in Bangladesh is on the way out.