Long articles that are worth reading

[starfox64]

Title is pretty self-explanatory.

[starfox64]

[rjbman]

[sparkyoriental]

Andrew Solomon, The Reckoning: The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers.

anything by Andrew Solomon is going to be excellent though, so highly recommend him as a writer in general

[starfox64]

[verilyvert]

I highly recommend this read about how a small group of traders and techies figured out the inefficiencies of high speed trading and how they were being exploited by big banks to take advantage of investors. Even more incredible is how this group revolutionized trading by creating their own stock exchange that protected investors using delayed trades.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/magaz ... neral&_r=0

For anyone wondering what the current prospects of nuclear fusion solving the world's energy problems are, this article does a great job of explaining the history, politics, and challenges surrounding fusion research at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). It is also a sobering look at the limits of current energy sources.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014 ... ntPage=all

[starfox64]

[errantposture]

Article about the fraternity system in American Colleges, and the dangers that often come with them

[inc.]

One of my favorite essays on the importance of concise/clear writing.

[exprof]

Found a website with a lot of David Foster Wallace's essays. My favourites are "David Lynch Keeps His Head" and "Consider the Lobster".

There's some stuff too, she's really great. My favourite is "Fail Better".

[rjbman]

, focusing on how difficult keeping a startup going is.

[stappard_]

is an interesting and incredibly in-depth study of music artist Burial.

[Stingray Sam]

Can i put a cool podcast here? This is an episode of philosophy bites about what is the definition of art, i thought you guys might enjoy this

[starfox64]

[stappard_]

[frogosaurus]

If you're a leftist, you'll get a kick out of this.

http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

[breakadawn]

This was an interesting read

[frogosaurus]

@mc-lunar fair enough, i read the print version. this was the just the online version i was able to find.

[breakadawn]

Worth reading because it's pretty stupid. I know plenty of black people who engage in stereotypically 'white' activities, why is it not fair the other way around? And why single out gays? Doesn't help that this is written in a super-preachy manner.



This response is much more agreeable

[wiggly--woo]

the mystery of why six people admitted roles in two murders, when they couldn't remember anything about the crimes:

[breakadawn]

Interesting piece on attraction

[Ques]

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/08/gentrif ... an_cities/

good read about gentrification

[charybdis]

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebri ... la-anthony

Cool article on the owner of Media Takeout. I kind of like that the site hovers right in that space of "is this meant to be a joke?????", but I do agree with some of the criticisms brought up by the profile.

[Ques]

http://acvoice.com/2014/07/16/blood-of- ... s=og.likes

good read about defining yourself with labels

[Ques]

on the perils of paleo: http://secure.newyorker.com/magazine/20 ... oup?src=mp

this author is hilarious, will definitely be reading more from her

[bels]

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/if- ... -the-jerk/

The theory of JERKS

[spahdfgo]

"Irregular around the margins/American rappers, fashion & luxury brands: a convergence"

End of studies paper i stumbled upon.

http://www.academia.edu/6908292/IRREGUL ... ONVERGENCE

[torukun]

Two great articles about identity.

You've probably heard of this guy, a French man who would pretend to be a teenager and then integrate himself into a school or a community.

This one is about a man in charge of security at a nuclear power plant, who claims to have been a mercenary and global assassin.

[ramseames]

medium sux but this guy did a really interesting piece about Rem Koolhaas

https://medium.com/@pleij/i-hate-being- ... c42abbcd6d

[Ques]

more people should post what they read in this thread

http://themattwalshblog.com/2013/09/11/ ... -my-shell/

also relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLWQEuz2gA