Sharing most interesting links I’ve found during the last week during research into a wide variety of topics including Geo-Politics, Technology, Finance/Economics, Information Age & Future of Things:
Cartoons of the Week
Negotiations between the Labor Party, Liberal Party and the Independents holding the balance of power are providing plenty of ideas for political cartoonists like Jon Kudelka:
Geo-Politics
- Charlie Brooker | ‘Ground Zero mosque’? America needs a reality check. Really
- NYT: Republicans cynical promotion of ignorance & slander is national disgrace. Media unwilling to challenge them
- Political Journalist Failure and Stockholm Syndrome
- Murdoch & the Koch Brothers: Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party. Forcing Republican Party Towards Right Wing Libertarianism
- Scientists increasingly worried about amount of space junk orbiting Earth – military, communications and economic implications
Technology
- Indian researcher: “voting machines don’t provide security adequate for confidence in election results.” He’s arrested
- Google’s major update to their ranking algorithm means Big Brands dominate search results
- Infographic: the many companies Google has purchased over the years
- Mitch Wagner wonders if Google might serve ads based on your conversation in Gmail phone calls:
- BBC: Technology allows digital nomads to work anywhere…or does it?
- Smartphone, HDTV Boom Leading To Gargantuan E-Waste Problem
GOOD Magazine: E-Waste Info-Video
Finance/Economics
- On the Importance of Vacation & Not Confusing Activity With Progress
- Moral Hazard – insured ppl may take greater risks than they would without insurance as they know they’re protected from downsides of risk
- Podcast: Australian economist (and dad) Joshua Gans tries economic regulation theories out on his kids
- Australians are living in a housing bubble – Safe AS Straw Houses
Information Age
- Thoughtful analysis on evolution of “media ecology”, evolutionary survivors & various agents of change
- ABC News 24 handy service for niche journalists? yes because it puts spotlight onto niche events nationwide
- Universal Postal Union – without which we couldn’t send mail between countries.
- Who’s a journalist? Does that matter? What should we call the people who are creating valuable new information in the new-media ecosystem?
- Japan’s Media Dinosaurs Struggle to Adapt – Breaking Into the Media Club
- BBC slash website spending to save taxpayer dollars & protect commercial rivals – inevitable with Conservative Government In Power
Please share the most interesting links you’ve read last week in the comments area. Thanks 
