Notes from the Surf
First Child Undergoes Windpipe Transplant with Organ Crafted from Own Stem Cells
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8576493.stm
"doctors took a donor trachea, stripped it down to the collagen scaffolding, and then injected stem cells taken from his bone marrow."
People with Power Better at Getting Away with Lying
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/ideasatwork/feature/735403/Powerful+Lies
"The researchers found that subjects assigned leadership roles were buffered from the negative effects of lying. Across all measures, the high-power liars — the leaders —resembled truthtellers, showing no evidence of cortisol reactivity (which signals stress), cognitive impairment or feeling bad."
U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks
http://file.wikileaks.org/file/us-intel-wikileaks.pdf
report recommends “The identification, exposure, termination of employment, criminal prosecution, legal action against current or former insiders, leakers, or whistlblowers could potentially damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others considering similar actions from using the Wikileaks.org Web site”.
Over half your news is spin
http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/over-half-your-news-is-spin/
"nearly 55% of stories analysed were driven by some form of public relations... Many journalists and editors were defensive when the phone call came... Most refused to respond, others who initially granted an interview then asked for their comments to be withdrawn out of fear"
Subtle Ways The News Disguises Bullshit As Fact
http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html
Weasel words. Implying without saying. Burying inconvenient facts. Biased photos. The active voice. Guessing the motives.
The Stock Market As Propaganda
http://www.oftwominds.com/blogmar10/wealth-distribution03-10.html
"The equity market is all about concentrating wealth and managing perception: if the top 10% is doing well, then the bottom 90% are supposed to feel better about the whole thing, too, even if they are poorer by every financial metric."
Why Counting on Apathy May Not Be Enough
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks/index.html
"A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month (.pdf) analyzes how the U.S. Government can best manipulate public opinion in Germany and France -- in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in Afghanistan... celebrates the fact that the governments of those two nations continue to fight the war in defiance of overwhelming public opinion"
Invade a Hospital
http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/patrick/skulls_infographic.jpg
"For every person who dies in a terrorist attack..."
Online - Capitalism: A Love Story
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/capitalism-love-story/
Not currently hosted on the most convenient server, unfortunately.
Is John Lewis the best company in Britain to work for?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/16/john-lewis
"It’s a good company to work for,” says Pedro. “I didn’t realise how good until I joined.” ...employee-owned businesses also create jobs faster; are significantly more resilient in an economic downturn; deliver far better customer satisfaction; boast substantially higher value added per employee