First up Megan McArdle sums up some of the blogosphere
If all I wanted to do was insult people, I could just spend the day riding mass transit, which offers an equally rich source of targets without the risk of carpal tunnel.
Hit & Run demonstrates the amazing rate of progress and its exponential growth, from the beinning of life to today. Perhaps the singularity is on its way… (for the record, I welcome our hyper-intelligent overlords…)
Lastly, Bruce Schneier finds an insight into suicide bombings from the computer game Halo 3.
It seems that large power differentials (down to talent and time spent playing in this case) causes at least one player to commit suicide (within the game) to take out the opponent as well.
