From Re-public, a special issue on transhumanism. From the latest issue of the Journal of Evolution and Technology, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner (Erfurt): Nietzsche, the Overhuman, and Transhumanism; Jamie Cullen (UNSW): The Three Minds Argument; Colin Farrelly (Queen's): Three Wishes; and a review of Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne. Why do we rape, kill and sleep around? The fault, dear Darwin, lies not in our ancestors, but in ourselves. Contrarian queen: An article on the gospel according to Camille Paglia. Brad DeLong on the hidden purposes of high finance. Whether or not English just welcomed its millionth word, trying to map our unusually weird and variegated lexicon raises fundamental questions (and more and more). A Race Czar for black farmers: Can Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack dismantle the last plantation? Gal Beckerman reviews Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West by Christopher Caldwell. Emily Bazelon on how the recession is wrecking friendships. Bring on the snark: Snark sells — and Washington is trading in it heavily these days. An excerpt from By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld by Bradley Graham (and a review and more and more and more and more).
