being eaten up

monstrously, I’ve disappeared from the internet for some time. It’s that stage of the PhD where things are clarifying and sources are pressing themselves upon me from all sides, demanding to be considered and consulted. Inevitably, the vast banquet of sources is giving me indigestion. How did you all do it?–juggling sources and books; keeping [...]

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links for 2009-02-10

The Superior Civilization
on the beauty, elegance and strangeness of insect societies. particularly ants.
(tags: timflannery ants science fascinating nyrb toread via:adammyers)

A special report on the future of finance: The collapse of finance | Greed—and fear | The Economist
"Trust in a modern economy has evolved to the miraculous point where people give complete strangers sums of money [...]

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