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19 November 2012 13:11
- One tip from a blog post about how to improve the drones debate: '“drone pilots are like video gamers” obscures thoughtful comparison to the ethical constraints on pilots of manned aircraft.'
- The Economist makes the case for much higher immigration levels to the developed world.
- Scientific American lists its 10 world changing ideas for 2012.
- 'Manufacturing fetishism – the idea that manufacturing is the central economic activity and everything else is somehow subordinate – is deeply ingrained in human thinking.' (H/t EconLog.)
- A radical new approach to copyright.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Black Swans, on the five key attributes of good policy in an age of volatility. (H/t Browser.)
- Is Psy the first global superstar of the Asian Century? Here he is at the Oxford Union (!), talking about the mix of social media, globalisation and celebrity culture that drove his explosive success (h/t 3QD):