Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 7/11/2008 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 7/11/2008

Five issues, insights, and observations shaping our perspective, from the editors of Seed.

How Gülen Triumphed
How does a Turkish public intellectual, little known outside of his own community, become Prospect Magazine’s #1 public intellectual? Answer: The internets.
Rube Goldberg cocktail-mixing machine
Now this is how we should drink.
The Problem with Big Green
Is all this “sustainable consumption” getting us anywhere?
Using DNA barcoding to identify illegal bushmeat jerky trade
A group of high school students contribute to the effort to trace illegal meat sales in Africa.
An Interview with Randy Olson, Maker of Sizzle
Greg Laden interviews the maker of Sizzle.

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Originally published July 11, 2008

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