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A new issue of The Futurist is out. Kristie Dotson (Michigan State): Knowing in Space: Three Lessons from Black Women's Social Theory. From World Policy, Sam Frizell on fragile utopias — from Zuccotti Park to Taksim Square. On civil liberties, comparing Obama with Bush is easy — and mostly wrong. Think you have nothing to hide from surveillance? Think again. A tip sheet for the scandals: Which government intrusions should you be furious about and which are closer to shrug-worthy? A quiet blockbuster: It wasn't one of the civil-rights cases activists were clamoring for, but AMP v. Myriad Genetics may prove to to be one of this Supreme Court term's most consequential rulings. Molly Guinness reviews Hairstyles Ancient to Present by Charlotte Fiell. Consciousness has long been the province of philosophers and mystics, but Michael Graziano is putting it in its scientific place. Jumbo shrimp is an oxymoron, not irony.