Security/Insecurity in the News, Nov. 8 - Nov. 22
It's that time again: here are some news and links relating to security and insecurity from the last two weeks.How Many of Your Memories Are Fake? (The Atlantic)The Truly Paranoid Style in American Politics (New York Magazine)Haulin' Data: How Trucking Became the Frontier of Work Surveillance (The Atlantic)What are cities doing to humanity? (io9)Bartitsu, the Sherlock Holmes art of self-defense, is coming back (The Atlantic)How do reporters deal with dark news? (NPR)Are robots the harbingers of a new libertarian age? (Politico Magazine)Forum: the cost of being an artist (The New York Times)
Link Round-Up! Security/Insecurity in the News, Oct. 25 - Nov. 8
Hey folks! Here's what's what in the news world re: security and insecurity.Sex Machines: a new game takes the human-machine relationship to its logical extreme. (Slate) Frank Rich writes on the politics of 12 Years A Slave (New York Magazine)The secrets of the world's happiest cities: what makes a city a great place to live – your commute, property prices or good conversation? (The Guardian)What 1984 can teach us beyond the dangers of surveillance (Salon)Ender’s Game vs. The Hunger Games: a military analysis (Wired)The power of patience: teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention (Harvard Magazine)The New York Times forum on the future of the humanities (New York Times) Police in Washington DC are monitoring gunfire with acoustic sensors on rooftops (Washington Post)Is there an 'angst canon' of books that teenagers read? (BBC News Magazine)For more about American Studies at UT, subscribe to our newsletter here.
Security/Insecurity in the News, Oct. 11 - 25
Hey everybody. Here's what's been going on in the news in the past two weeks re: security/insecurity.Our forward-charging culture sees regret as a sign of weakness and failure. But how else can we learn from our past? (Aeon Magazine)Were brutalist buildings on college campuses really designed to thwart student riots? (Slate)Are we alone? The search for life among the stars (The Atlantic)Think you can live offline without being tracked? Here's what it takes. (Fast Company)The image of Bruce McCandless' spacewalk two decades ago still amazes. It was the first untethered walk everand was among the last. (Smithsonian Magazine)Antibiotics can't keep up with 'nightmare' superbugs (NPR)24 extraordinary photos of the making of the atomic bomb (Buzzfeed)For more about American Studies at UT, subscribe to our newsletter here.
Security/Insecurity in the News, Sept. 27 - Oct. 11
Hey there, sports fans! Here's your biweekly round-up of security and insecurity in the news:Is ethical parenting possible? (New York Magazine)Marvel’s Diversity Issue: Screen Output Doesn’t Reflect Open-minded Comics (Vulture)Videogames are making us too comfortable with the modern surveillance state (The New Republic)It’s Always Time for a Midlife Crisis: When are people most likely to face a tough stretch? (Slate)'Drones might be the future of food' (The Atlantic)The state of the American war novel (LA Review of Books)Die Like a Man: The Toxic Masculinity of Breaking Bad (Wired)Thomas Pynchon understands the power of conspiracy theories (Salon)Why are there still so few women in science? (The New York Times)How music makes us feel better (The New Yorker)For more about American Studies at UT, subscribe to our newsletter here.