On Muggles, and on Facebook
We know, we typically don't meet on Sundays. Then again: we haven't gone this long without an email since July!
While technical glitches kept us at bay, we're now back up, and here are the two articles you didn't get to see on Wednesday and Friday:
First up - for all you Harry Potter fans, here's a question: in the battle of good vs. evil, which side were the Muggles on? While a smattering of them supported the Boy Who Lived, most were …absent. As the Hogwarts loving generation grows up and starts to vote in our reality, does the setup of this magical world impact our choices? Read on in this piece by Ross Douthat for the NYTimes.
And then for some good old-fashioned horror: ever heard of a doomsday machine? It's a hypothetical construction that could destroy Earth as we know it. In this piece by Adrienne LaFrance for The Atlantic, we explore the borderless nation-state, the unprecedented giant that is Facebook: and its role as the doomsday machine we didn't know we had.
Happy reading - and happy Sunday to ya!
Reading time: 15-20 minutes (each)