Links of interest

(Before It's News)

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1. A Guatemalan community preserves its biosphere
2. The rise of Europe was helped by competition among states in the presence of common information flows
3. A law professor takes on “speeding cameras” and their weird (illegal) legal justifications
4. The tracking data of your Fitbit (or mobile phone) may be used against you
5. Cities may not deserve their “efficiency” label if they reflect, rather than make, elites, but Basic Income may do the most to help people live in smaller, better communities
6. A loss of statistics may mean a loss for democracy
7. The Washington Consensus actually makes a lot of sense (regulation to protect safety, limit banks, etc.) — too bad people say it as a pejorative without knowing what it is.
8. Containing Trump (by addressing the pains of his supporters) and thinking more about whether “liberalism” [I disagree on its use here] is to blame
9. Forget empathy. Try sympathy
10. Mixing politics and economics is like mixing alcohol and driving when it comes to the costs of health care, education, etc.

• The cost of wind energy
• The failure of national flood insurance
• Fracking Becomes the Centerpiece
• Video: An Alaskan outfitter’s perspective on global warming
• Palaeo-ecology PhD scholarships
• The body does not absorb MicroRNA material from our food
• Why Do Things That Are Unlikely to Harm Us Get the Most Attention? – Science-Based Medicine
• Cornucopia and Over 300 Other Groups Say No to Agriculture Mega-Mergers
• Who Pays When the Food is Cheap?
• Paul MacLean on Health, Safety, and Environment Management Systems Auditing