From Reason, an article on the unfortunate case of Herbert Spencer: How a libertarian individualist was recast as a social Darwinist. A review of Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life by Mark Francis. An article on the myth of the toss-up election. From Scientific American, sleep on it: How snoozing makes you smarter; and making decisions tires your brain: The brain is like a muscle — when it gets depleted, it becomes less effective. If you set aside the incomparable cruelty and stupidity of human beings, surely our most persistent and irrational activity is to sleep. A review of Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School by Philip Delves Broughton. From Intelligent Life, for the first time, the most interesting architect is a woman, Zaha Hadid (and a look at what she's up

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