The Tyler Cowen

1. A conservative changes sides.
2. US debt visualized. Via Gawker.
3. Dense essay on how we under-expect our own extinction. Via Marginal Revolution.
4. Emotional x-ray specs.
5. I wish I had thought of this blog first. Up there with Kim Jong Il looking at things.

The Tyler Cowen

1. Funny organizational charts. Makes me shudder at the memory of having to make these for my old employer. Nowhere is a company's self-deception more apparent than in their organizational charts.
2. Propaganda art is hilarious. (Am I the only one who thinks so?)
3. The circus of Russian politics.
4. Google famously subscribes to it's "Don't be evil" mantra of its founder. Where do our morals lie though, when it comes to a trade-off between privacy and evil? 
5. Painting with salt. Via The Awesomer.
   
6. An excellent article describing the inescapable corruption that accompanies even the most well-intentioned designs. Similar stuff to our previous link to over-counting graves. Whiiiiiiiich...I can't find. I think I should probably rethink my organization here. 

The Tyler Cowen

1. A photo essay on North Korea and an accompanying article about the unlikelihood of its imminent collapse.
2. Music video. Via Infosthetics.
   

The Tyler Cowen

1. Interactive hashtag correlation map. Type in any word to see the most related hashtags. Via Information Aesthetics.
2. Scary soothsaying on Greece's eventual default. Via Marginal Revolution.
3. Seriously inventive use of technology. 

The Tyler Cowen

1. Technology continues to amaze. Via Kotaku.
   
2. The Arab Spring continues to confuse.
3. Jon Stewart summarizes Newt's rough week.
4. 13 technologies in need of an upgrade.
5. Long novels and why we like them. Via Marginal Revolution.
6. You think your commute is tough?