Top 10 Brain Food Blogs
And now for something completely different: These blogs will break you out of whatever you were just thinking of and give you food for thought about science, culture, law, politics--the whole range of human behavior and beyond. Stay alert or you may miss something good! And a great start to the new year...
Relatively small group of people talking and writing about science and culture at an amazingly high level, courtesy of the folks who organize the TED conferences. If you can't or won't shell out thousands for TED, Edge.org is the next best thing. Links generously to other smart stuff on the Web and beyond.
Wide-ranging and technology-focused site that also covers the environment, news of the weird, copyright and trademark law, art, music, science, culture and more. Longtime stable of contributors ensures consistently high-quality writing and imagery.
Thoughtfully arranged news, commentary and ephemera from everywhere, all generated by a self-policing community of eccentrics, geniuses and others. Title IX complaints, time-lapse photos of the Manhattan Bridge, Canadian liquor regulations, Nobel Prize speeches, Pez dispensers--no subject is too obscure to be mentioned and commented upon.
Tech and journalism gadfly Jeff Jarvis nearly always has something provocative to say about the news business, government regulation, evolving journalistic ethics, corporations, and anything else that springs to mind.
Analysis of news photos, video and other imagery to divine the story behind the story. Tries to explain "how politicians and the media spin political pictures," and while nominally liberal, pulls few punches regardless of party affiliation.
Lively writing about foreign policy and economics, including recurring features such as the top 100 global thinkers and top 10 stories you missed. Gives excellent context for important news that might otherwise only get 30 seconds on cable, and major writers have their own blogs (with their own distinctive personalities).
If you think you already think about the environment, TreeHugger can get you to think harder. Not just the hazards of environmental change, but who and what are being affected most directly and what you can do about it. Required reading for a greener lifestyle.
A "supergroup" of 15 or so blogging intellectuals tackles education, government, predictions about the future, justice, frankenfood, Islam in Europe, you name it.
Hugh Macleod has made a living drawing funny, provocative or just plain strange cartoons on spaces the size of business cards. Stretches the limits of a very limited canvas.
This is your brain on law--and on the courts that interpret it. Lawyers and others discuss domestic and foreign legislation and how and why courts rule, with occasional diversions into soccer and football mania.
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