1. You can read Michael Lewis's latest long article about the economic meltdown at Vanity Fair. This time he looks at Ireland. Like all of his writing it's a great read, full of interesting facts and memorable characters. But the message from all of his articles is basically the same - - financial wizards are typically dumb or immoral or both, and you should absolutely not trust them. Via.
2. Archaeologists have found the remains of a South American giant short-faced bear in Argentina. The bear stood 11 feet tall and weighed over 3,500 pounds. "The largest record for a living bear is a male polar bear that obtained the weight of about 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg)." And speaking of polar bears, look at these.
3. You can win a new limited edition t-shirt from Last Exit to Nowhere based on Simon Pegg's movie Paul.
Friday, February 4, 2011
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Typical of a Vanity Fair article: long on accusation, short on figures. Is it good writing? I suppose, but it's highly editorialized. In 2009 they published similar articles, and again there, there was a definite anti-immigrant, anti-poor bias.
ReplyDeleteHmm... upon closer reading, there is clearly quite a bit of number crunching going on. But as Freakonomics has taught us, those figures can be weighted against just about anything. I STILL say that the article is grand editorializing, hence the unnecessary, unfounded swipes against Catholics, Polish migrant workers, etc, etc, ad nauseum.
ReplyDeleteActually I thought the Polish workers were portrayed as the smartest people in the article.
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