Innovation at its finest. Will Mankind Destroy Itself? Infographic of the Day: How the Global Food Market Starves the Poor. To understand the complexities of the international food market--and how traders in Chicago can cause Africans to starve--you could get a ph.D. in economics, or read a 400-page report from the World Bank.
Or you watch this superb nine minute video, directed by Denis van Waerebeke. Though ostensibly created for a science show in Paris for 12 year olds, it's actually probably waaaay over a kid's head. Just watch--it's excellent, and very well illustrated: The video begins with a basic question: How is it that the first world has an oversupply of food, while 1 in 7 in the world go malnourished? Basically, farmers in developing countries have eschewed growing local food crops in favor of growing things like cotton for international export. Dance, Monkeys, Dance. National Geographic Magazine.
Disturbing images from Iran you rarely see. John Harris - 'It's an illusion' talk at the Stoke 'Lawful Rebellion' Conference. Armed Chinese Troops in Texas!