From Open Democracy, Tony Curzon Price on the liberty of the networked (and part 2 and part 3). From The Philosophers' Magazine, the village anti-idiot: An English village rediscovering Hobbes, its greatest thinker; James Connelly on Collingwood and the finest philosophical autobiography ever; three senior editors at leading philosophy publishers pick the books the buyers have missed; an interview with Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on why civil society needs saving; a review of Illness by Havi Carel, Sport by Colin McGinn, and Hunger by Raymond Tallis. Julian Baggini on Hume on religion (and part 2). Terrorism experts feared that North Africa would be the next Afghanistan: a haven, and a launching pad, for Al Qaeda — why hasn’t it turned out that way? We share DNA with chimps and other primates, and are tempted to overshare more of ourselves. The Hard Cases: Will Obama institute a new kind of preventive detention for terrorist suspects? Literary death spiral: Dick Meyer on the fading book section. From Popular Mechanics, a special section on UFOs, including a look at the 10 most influential UFO-inspired books, movies and TV shows. How did humans develop? Fossils and molecular genetics are just some of the tools researchers have used to answer questions about the history of the human species. Dani Rodrik on Capitalism 2.0: Coming soon.
