Matt Alldian

Tyler Cowen shares the most highlighted passage from an unnamed author on Kindle and links to the full list of most highlighted passages. via Marginal Revolution

Witness the astonishing speed of Bob Munden, hailed as the fastest gun in the world, in this incredible video. via kottke.org

X.com is undergoing a URL change, but privacy and data protection settings are remaining the same. via @longformorg

A study found that college students in 2003 spent 13 fewer hours per week on academics compared to students in 1961.

Indiewire reviews the "Freakonomics" documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, highlighting how the film explores the book's core arguments. via kottke.org

The Wall Street Journal reports on the Federal Reserve. via wsj.com

Colonia Dignidad, a German expatriate community in Chile, was led by Paul Schaefer, who used religion and fear to control its members and allowed the torture colony to be used for torture and executions by the Pinochet regime. via The American Scholar

Tyler Cowen's blog post elaborates on Scott Sumner's findings comparing economic liberalism and civic virtue across countries with per capita income above $20,000.

Yahoo is experiencing an outage and engineers are working on a fix. via Yahoo

The Daily Beast encountered a 404 error when trying to access a specific page, but you can still visit their homepage. via The Daily Beast

Al Jazeera's live news updates covered Hezbollah rocket attacks and Israel's bombing of Beirut, as well as the situation in Gaza one year after an earlier attack.

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