From Vanity Fair, William Langewiesche on the ruthless calculus behind a new age of piracy. People are beginning to say that the Big One has arrived — but how will we know? A review of Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford's Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins. A review of Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England by Nick Cohen. A review of Crazy for God by Frank Schaeffer. From FT, a review of Cyburbia: The Dangerous Idea That’s Changing How We Live and Who We Are by James Harkin; a review of Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War by Pratap Chatterjee; and a review of books on James Lovelock. How we worship the internet, genuflect at the altar of Google and give thanks for the big, webwide world that has broadened our horizons beyond our wildest dreams. Server Error: Millions of people a day rely on Google to search, email, schedule, map, work, study and YouTube — so what happens if it fails? Down with Facebook! What nobody bothers to mention about the social-networking site is that it's really dull — mind-numbingly dull. Steven Johnson on why software that aids thought isn’t cheating; it’s a legitimate part of the creative process. A review of 13 Things That Don't Make Sense by Michael Brooks.
