Stiglitz Says Iraq `Surge’ Not Success That Bush Claims — Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Joseph Stiglitz, an economist at Columbia University, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. spending on the conflicts, and the outlook for the credit crisis and financial market regulation.

A couple, both writers, spend a day no more than 15 feet apart like a couple, both Buddhists, who were profiled in the NY Times.  

Clay Shirky’s talk from the Web 2.0 Expo touching on his Here Comes Everybody book.

Another good thought-provoking talk by Tim O’Reilly.

Penn Jillette ruminates on getting famous. 

Seen on New York Times Laugh Lines blog.

A RealMedia webcast of a talk by Gary Taubes at Berkeley. It’s a nearly two-hour long talk about parts of his new book.

Can you hit the bulls-eye?

Boing Boing’s demonstration of the AeroPress. I love mine.

Steven Pinker discusses research showing violence decreased in the progression from hunter-gather societies to our own very inter-connected time.