short, not necessarily sweet

Okay, so this is going to be quick because I'm pretty beat (time spent commuting > 1/2 the time required to be spent at actual work = makes me want to you know what) but here's the stuff that got me through the day:

-I'm sure this has made its way around the nets by now, but the Kuznets curve is mathematical proof (and everyone knows you can't argue with math!) that you don't have to feel bad about your SUV... additionally, the easy clickability to relevant blogs and such on the NYT website = a helpful reminder that Pinch Sulzberger has done at least one productive thing in his life (besides possibly help derail Caroline Kennedy's sham campaign). (zomg, "shampaign"?!)

-Side note to the NYT - Op-eds by Bono kind of make me want to simultaneously laugh and throw up... which actually is sort of impressive, although it wouldn't be the first time I've had that feeling.

-My (neurologically unenhanced) verdict is still out on the issue of neuroenhancers, but even though the piece pulls UVa's good ole' Cav Daily as a source (Eustace, I thought you were better than that, really), it's a great read nonetheless... and at the very least, it's good to know that "transhumanists are interested in robots, cryogenics, and living a really, really long time; they consider biological limitations that the rest of us might accept, or even appreciate, as creaky obstacles to be aggressively surmounted." (So, wait... transhumanist is just a fancy word for a geek with a God complex?)

-And it's good to know you can always rely on the NYT for a little OMGChina - as in: OMG, China is sooooo big ("There are nearly enough Chinese named Zhang Wei to populate the city of Pittsburgh.") (In that case, Zhang Wei better just watch out) and sooo bureaucratically bitchy!