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Devices like DBS and psychoactive drugs like Ritalin and Prozac are already manipulating brain function in millions of people. And future pharmaceuticals, Farah says, targeting very specific parts of the brain, will be even more effective and will have fewer side effects. These new brain-control tools open a Pandora's box of ethical and philosophical dilemmas, including what kind of society--and what kinds of selves--we want...
...restaurant, I don't know what to do," confides Glorian Persaud, 20, a pharmacy student, with a defeated tone in her voice. "There are a million spoons." I know what she means. Who hasn't confronted a bewildering array of silverware and goblets at a fancy eatery or corporate function? And let's not even talk about eating in Europe. Well, that will be remedied soon enough. I am embarking on a journey through the world of business etiquette, a journalistic Eliza Doolittle looking for a little polishing. As a result, I have awakened at the crack of dawn...
...said, “Suck BAWLS,” I would f’in’ say, “Gladly.”Breaking news: as I am writing this article, I just discovered the cure for cancer—BAWLS.In addition, BAWLS can function in many diverse ways. I drink BAWLS to 1) help me stay up and do homework, 2) have a jolly fun time with my closest friends, 3) quench my thirst, and 4) destroy justice, but then rediscover it anew, and make it a way more kickass version of justice.BAWLS can do so much...
...drug offenders eligible for a much stiffer sentence. The undergrad with a dozen psychedelic mushrooms living high in Mather Tower, for instance, is not interested in padding his clientele with the young learners of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary far below. In these instances, the judiciary’s function of meting out well-contemplated, proportional justice to offenders has been completely overridden by a mandatory sentence out of all proportion to the crime committed. What logic, for instance, explains why a joint smoked in Winthrop H entry earns a sentence of at least two additional years in jail compared...
...political shorts by tapping party heavyweight Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who contested the primary against her, to lead a study on tax reform. In doing so, Royal not only turned to a recent foe to politically smite her life partner, she also handed economic expert Strauss-Kahn a strategic campaign function that could leave him ideally placed for a prime minister nod should the left triumph. Who is swinging it now, Francois...