Some Interesting Links

Some interesting and informative links from around the net:

• Via The Art of Manliness, here’s “How to Survive a Lightning Strike,”
• “Why I Am Not An Environmentalist: The Science of Economics Versus the Religion of Ecology,” by Steven E. Landsburg, excerpted from The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life,
• Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica describes technology theft and patent fights in the days of analog computing,
• At Taki’s Magazine, Steve Sailer presents some fascinating new evidence in the nature versus nurture debate,
• IEEE Spectrum discusses Japan’s plan for centimeter resolution GPS (H/T Steven J. Crowley), and
• IEEE Spectrum describes how start-up Artemis Networks aims to boost wireless data capacity with its pCell technology, but experts are skeptical.