The Week’s Best Longreads for April 27, 2013
The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions.
The Rise of Big DataKenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Shoenberger, Foreign Affairs
How it’s changing the way we think about the world.
Inside America’s Dirty WarsJeremy Scahill, The Nation
How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.
Our Feel-Good War on Breast CancerPeggy Orenstein, The New York Times Magazine
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The battle to raise awareness has been won. So why aren’t more lives being saved?
The Limits of Evolutionary PsychologyThomas de Zengotita, The Hedgehog Review
Can we really find ethical guidance in a natural world shaped by evolution?
Fertilized WorldDan Charles, National Geographic
If we don’t watch out, agriculture could destroy our planet. Here’s how to grow all the food we need with fewer chemicals.
Chael Sonnel Race-Baits His Way to the TopTim Marchman, Deadspin
Only involvement in a low-level religious scam could make the MMA star a truer embodiment of American decline.
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