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Joy at the thought

Deepak Lal (UCLA): Is the Washington Consensus Dead? Kate Hakala on 10 reasons why hookup culture isn't leaving a generation unhappy and unfulfilled. This is the new face of American sadism: the unconcealed burst of joy at the thought that pain is going to be inflicted on someone weak and helpless. Futurlawma: Justin Wales on 21st century solutions to 31st century problems. Ben Thompson on the “Badass of the Week”. The man who invented the predator: Before he designed the world’s most feared drone, Abraham Karem was just trying to get a robot to stay in the air. How can we explain why cognitive biases are not wiped away by natural selection? Petr Gocev on the evolution of good and evil. Through the mirror: Eric Hayot on Claude Levi-Strauss. If the Koch brothers want to pay too much for newspapers, let them. Will we ever see the end of “the end of?” Carlos Lozada wants to know.