From Skeptic, Deepak Chopra and Michael Shermer debate the Great Afterlife; David Naiditch looks at why Alaska’s High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is such an attractive target for conspiracy theorists; you can learn to be a psychic in 10 easy lessons; a review of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein; and tap that unused 90%!: Anatomy of an education myth. Why global capitalism is tipping towards collapse, and how we can act for a decent future. A review of New Capitalism? The Transformation of Work by Kevin Doogan. From New Geography, a look at why there is no "free market" housing solution. After teaching at Brown for forty years, Abbott Gleason was diagnosed with Parkinson’s; with his energy failing and his muscles shrinking, he finds himself re-examining some cherished beliefs and discovering joy in what he’d once dismissed. A review of Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change by Adam Kahane. The truth shall set us free: Shakhawat Hossain investigates whether media can be both free and fair. The last of the bohemians: Tom McDonough celebrates the subversive poetic vision of the Situationists. Finding the belongers: Colette S. Coleman on life in Tortola. Do be so sentimental: Studies show that nostalgia has powerful evolutionary functions. Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long; he calls for a simple, sensible redesign — and plain English — to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us. A review of Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. More on Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto.
