My top 12 longreads of 2011

The wonderful site Longreads is collating people’s picks of the best long features of the year. Some say that the internet is triggering a renaissance for long-form writing and I very much…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 24, 2011
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1121 words)

Christopher Hitchens

Questioning the moral heroism of India’s most revered figure… More » The writings
LENGTH: 1 minutes (293 words)

Daniel Kahneman: How cognitive illusions blind us to reason

Many decades ago, I spent what seemed like a great deal of time under a scorching sun, watching groups of sweaty soldiers as they solved a problem. I was doing my national service in the…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 30, 2011
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3013 words)
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