Stemming from the steriods scandals of baseball, the popularity of brain enhancement is increasing with our generation. I don't think I had really made such a connection until this article pointed it out...which is pretty pathetic.
“The original purpose of medicine is to heal the sick, not turn healthy people into gods.” - Francis Fukuyama as quoted in article.
The difference between our generation (and the next) versus the last - the obsession with (alternative) mobile communications. What I really wanted to post in conjunction with this link was a link to an article previously on NYT (last week?) about how the author took a Technological Sabbath. Please, help find!
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Rome ruled that a woman wearing jeans could not have been raped because "the supposed victim must have agreed to sex because her jeans could not have been removed without consent". Say it isn't so! - chastity jeans? Amazing. (BBC, via Salon)
Google Street View rears its ugly, hilarious head: City Counselor Sal LaMattina was captured forever taking his garbage out, sans top. Hott! How was he not aware of the sedan with large tripod and camera strapped atop? (via Bostonist)
Surprise! An article of near-actual value found on CNN! No, I wasn't reading CNN.com, it just happened to be the first hit when I searched "drugs in water". My guess as to the true source? Commies. Oh, our precious bodily fluids!
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