I'm freelancing all this month for the wonderful FT Alphaville and still have a separate project to finish on the weekends—so notwithstanding the occasional linkfest, this site will probably be neglected for long stretches of time. But I'll do my best to dust it off now and then.
The Regulator Franchise, or the Alan Blinder Problem (Nassim Taleb)
Hugo Boss: What I learned about Hugo Chávez's mental health when I visited Venezuela (Hitchens)
Conservation of Stress (Scott Adams)
Connecting Brains to the Outside World (NYT)
Talk Deeply, Be Happy? (Tara Parker-Hope)
Seven Years as a Freelance Writer, or, How to Make Vitamin Soup (Richard Morgan)
My First Act of Free Will (Jonah Lehrer)
Bonus Negotiations: How to Get 'Em Done (Dealbreaker)