Interesting – Real Causes of Cancer
Slate has an interesting article on causes of cancer and why we worry about the small ones and not the big ones and how this has put focus on consumerism.
Recently, our family was touched by cancer and I was surprised by how many people asked “what did he do?” or variations. So often, people don’t “do” anything expect live and breath. I was surprised to learn so many cancers are caused by viruses and bacteria. (Far more than are caused by Asbestos).
Natural Disasters – Why do we focus on the least important causes of cancer?
By Darshak Sanghavi
Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 1:00 PM ET
How To Be a Better Browser
Can a new filtering program cure the Web’s information overload?
Posted on Slate Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at 3:48 PM ET
In a scant four years, the Internet, my beloved wellspring of information, has blown its top and become a geyser. Back in 2004, I heaped praise on an exciting new system called RSS. The “Really Simple Syndication” format promised to be TiVo for Web surfers—by automatically pulling content from all your favorite blogs and news sites, an RSS reader would make your Web surfing more fruitful and more efficient. While that prospect sounded enticing at the time, RSS has turned out to be more of a problem than a solution. As of this moment, I have 897 unread RSS items. I don’t need a way to read more of the Net. I need a way to see less of it.
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