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Are some of these themes getting repetitive? Maybe I should branch out. Lead & Crime Treating the Enemy The past of the future of newspapers Philosophy That Stirs the Waters McDonald’s Terminology Googleganger The Complete Guide to Sleeping at Work

Interesting to see that the Behavioural Insights team seem to have been experimenting with ‘fake’ psychometric tests. I’m not sure that there are ‘real’ psychometric tests, in any case. It will be interesting to see how the backlash, if this is indeed the start of one, against the nudging develops. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/apr/30/jobseekers-bogus-psychometric-tests-unemployed Edit: Interesting to see [...]

Unlucky for some? I feel like I am monopolising the front page of the beloved ‘cobweb’, so I have added a fold. Let me know if that annoys you. 18th Century Tourists Bombs and Bullets Twitter & the Law Emerging into the world 18th Century Tourists The world is undoubtedly more connected than it once [...]