From M/C Journal, a special issue on deafness. Julian Sanchez on why the intelligence community needs GAO oversight. Can the government actually plug the WikiLeak? The declining literacy of our present age has been lamented many times, and yet never sufficiently; consider, for instance, all the erroneous thinking occasioned by the misuse of the word “elite”. Jaron Lanier on The First Church of Robotics: The concept of artificial intelligence clouds our view of the world. Don’t be ugly by accident: People don't really think about flash, focus, and aperture when they choose a profile photo, and yet, their misuse can seriously mess you up. Walter Block, author of Defending the Undefendable, on defending the blackmailer. From The New Individualist, an article on the persecution of KPMG: Is there such a thing as a right to violate the rights of others? Find out how government prosecutors claimed such a right, all in the name of justice; in a world where everything from socializing to sex is becoming bureaucratized, David Kelley shows you why rule-breaking can be your best moral option; a Washington couple finds fulfillment in a cocktail of philosophy and fashion — metaphysics never looked so good; and here is the story of the IQ2 US debates. The Bounceback Problem: Why patients can't stay out of hospitals. The late historian Tony Judt was provocative and courageous ; Scott McLemee practices reader response criticism.
