Google Goes Yahoo!

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396948,00.asp

Survival of the Kindest

http://mindful.org/in-body-and-mind/psychology/survival-of-the-kindest

Dice Help Scientists Get Honest Answers to Touchy Questions

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/02/dice-help-scientists-get-honest-answers-to-touchy-questions/

Morality

I've begun to believe that being a moral person is simply a matter of believing that we should try to make the world a better place... and acting accordingly. The idea that the world is inherently just and that people get what they deserve, is in my opinion a cop-out. A refusal to accept responsibility for the power we possess. Much of a person's behavior is shaped by the culture they grow up in and the people around them. That culture is shaped by us, and influence is a two way street. While those we are with affect us, we in turn affect those we are with.

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy

http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy.html

People do what they know. To encourage action, we must show people what they can do, and how they can do it. If they do not know these things, they will do nothing.

Two Brits do Walmart.

http://www.wimp.com/twobrits/

Arizona Police Officer Allegedly Executes Man For Arguing They Needed A Warrant

http://ozhouse.org/2011/11/19/arizona-police-officer-allegedly-executes-man-for-arguing-they-needed-a-warrant/

Can You Believe in God and Evolution?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1090921-1,00.html

Persuasion and Teaching are linked.

I have begun to realize there's a connection between persuasion and teaching. Persuasion at its core, is about giving someone a new opinion or belief. To make that opinion or belief robust and resilient, one must also give knowledge and/or skills that back it up. Teaching is about imparting knowledge and/or skills to others. Thus, to truly be a great persuader, one must also be a good teacher.

One thing to be wary of: if persuasion and teaching are linked, then so are education and brainwashing. What a person learns will shape what they believe, and how they think. That in turn shapes how they will behave.

Dodging Emotions: The Help That Harms

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201109/dodging-emotions-the-help-harms

A Look At Three Popular Sites That May Be In Trouble Under SOPA

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111116/02340316787/look-three-popular-sites-that-may-be-trouble-under-sopa.shtml

Ethics

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1899#comic

Are Jobs on Their Way to Becoming Obsolete? And Is That a Good Thing?

http://www.alternet.org/story/152383/are_jobs_on_their_way_to_becoming_obsolete_and_is_that_a_good_thing

Is Less Reading Fiction Making Us Less Empathetic?

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/09/is-less-reading-fiction-making-us-less-empathetic/

Life in the Age of Extremes

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/life-in-the-age-of-extremes/244989/

A little blue...

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2313

Sex abuse victim rejects WA Government apology

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/09/09/3314106.htm?site=perth

Sportswriters Rally to the Cause of Unpaid Labor

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/sportswriters-rally-to-the-cause-of-unpaid-labor-20110826

Question Box: Bringing the Power of the Internet to People Without Computers

http://www.good.is/post/question-box-bringing-the-power-of-the-internet-to-people-without-computers

Evolutionary theory can make street life better

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128270.300-evolutionary-theory-can-make-street-life-better.html?full=true