Del.icio.us links for February 12th through February 13th:
- 25 Great Calvin and Hobbes Strips. – “Hundreds of comic strips have been published in newspapers. The majority are terrible, and almost all the rest are mediocre. There have been maybe four or five good comic strips in the history of the world. So saying that Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic strip ever doesn’t really hold a lot of weight.” 25 great strips with loving commentary.
- Clive Thompson on How More Info Leads to Less Knowledge – “People always assume that if someone doesn’t know something, it’s because they haven’t paid attention or haven’t yet figured it out,” Proctor says. “But ignorance also comes from people literally suppressing truth-or drowning it out-or trying to make it so confusing that people stop caring about what’s true and what’s not.”
- The Pirate Bay: ‘Political trial of the decade’ – The Local – “Next week sees the start of the long-awaited Pirate Bay trial. With the eyes of the world on Sweden, Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge argues that there is much more at stake than the future of the site’s operators.”