• A look at The Social Network from Lawrence Lessig that asks interesting questions about what the movie gets wrong. It also makes a fascinating point about what made Facebook’s rise different and how we might be on the verge of losing that.
• This is the kind of writing about football that makes my head hurt and my heart swell. I love reading something that lets me the see new things during a game.
• I’m a fan of professional wrestling and have a huge amount of respect for the unique combination of athletic and acting ability that a successful wrestler has, but with the way the business treats its people its far more like human cockfighting than boxing or ultimate fighting are. If you read this piece by Dave Zirin and think that WWE executive (and the wife of its founder) Linda McMahon belongs anywhere near the Senate, I’d love to hear from you.
