06 Mar 2008
Smoking doesn't make you happy

A Study in Stupidity with chutzpah: "you may think you're having fun, but you're not having fun at all..."

A study of 9,176 individuals has shown that smoking does not make you happy.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

23:03 /Humor | 2 comments | permanent link

The Myth of the Transparent Society

Another eminently sensible essay by Bruce Schneier, this time on the wrong-headedness of making surveillance ubiquitous.

Can you neutralize the harm caused by excessive government surveillance just by watching the watchers? No, actually.

(link) [Wired: Top Stories]

07:15 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link