links: Anthropocene, Volt, girls

The new geological era defined by humanity; changes to carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles, not to mention the fossil record.
http://www.economist.com/node/18741749

Experience with the Chevy Volt
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/26car.html

Michele Bachmann, welfare queen
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-bachmann-20110626,0,7965349,full.story

Talk to little girls' brains, nnot their appearance
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/how-to-talk-to-little-gir_b_882510.html

Juvenile detention makes teen criminals
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1914837,00.html

psilocybin benefits study
http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/16/magic-mushrooms-can-improve-psychological-health-long-term/

The Quaker SF template
http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3149328.html

SF books without violence
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/04/come-and-see-the-violence-inherent-in-the-system