From Variant, a special issue on radical change in culture. The Moneyless Man: Mark Boyle describes how and why he went from a successful, comfortable life to a year of cashless living. A review of The Book in the Renaissance by Andrew Pettegree. How TED connects the idea-hungry elite: Fast Company goes inside the world's most exclusive and (and most accessible) club (and a response). Paradise for Pagans: Thomas More’s Utopia was a joke that nobody got — especially in the New World. A review of LOLcat Bible: In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez an da Erfs n stuffs by Martin Grondin. As sea traffic booms, can new shipping lanes and speed limits save the right whale from extinction? Johann Hari on why we need to change how we think about our errors. Indicted for conspiring to reveal classified information, former AIPAC analyst Keith Weissman spent five years fighting to clear his name. Reform, radical change and the activist’s dilemma: Which works best — to attempt small steps or huge leaps? Winds Thy Messengers: Barton Swaim on natural disasters as ministers of God. From the University of Chicago Magazine, biologist Dario Maestripieri studies the differences that separate man from man, monkey from monkey; and with more than 1,000 whole genomes sequenced and new ones being processed every day, Rob DeSalle believes scientists can construct a complete Tree of Life.
