Current Events: 12/28

In the news this week (as in other weeks), is the Stop Online Piracy Act...  so have at it! ;)

Lines Drawn on Antipiracy Bills - nytimes.com **

Daily Report: Congress Considers Bills to Prevent Piracy - nytimes.com **

Explainer: understanding Sopa (animated explanation of the issue) - guardian.co.uk **

Daily Report: The Boycott Against SOPA Supporters - nytimes.com **

Piracy vs. privacy in the online world - washingtonpost.com **

Online Piracy and SOPA: Beware of Unintended Consequences - heritage.org

The news ... illustrated - world magazine's political cartoons **


Interesting thoughts on technology in 2011

2011: The year when it became the norm for the device in your pocket to be the center of your world - washingtonpost.com

Your Brain on Computers, Attached to Technology and Paying a Price - nytimes.com

Your Brain on Cellphones: Effects Present, Consequences Unknown - technewsworld.com

Your Brain on Computers, Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain - nytimes.com

How Digital Technology Has Changed the Brain, "By their 20s, young people will have spent more than 30,000 hours on the Internet and playing video games. That's not such a bad thing..." - businessweek.com


The articles are in the order I would recommend them read in. I've starred the articles my boys will actually get to choose from. :)