A few interesting things

This whole behavioral economics things is in the new a lot, the first article made an impact.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/06/the-perfected-self/8970/

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/the-freakonomics-economist-discovered-the-right-way-to-bribe-students/258672/

Interesting article that is critical of TED talks.
http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/06/the-demise-of-guys-why-boys-are-struggling-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-philip-zimbardo-and-nikita-duncan-ted-books-ki.html

Interesting article about Group Selection

http://edge.org/conversation/the-false-allure-of-group-selection

  

Article claiming to see The End of the Jewish Left

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/99711/the-end-of-the-jewish-left




Great article about how science becomes news (that is very different from the science)
http://www.american.com/archive/2012/may/science-vs-pr

this is an interesting article about the European crises (wsj needs subscription)

The Decline of Democracy