These are today's best ideas
1. Maybe there can be too much transparency in government.
By Matthew Yglesias in Vox
2. Security robots are coming.
By Shan Li in the Los Angeles Times
3. This is why we love to be scared.
By Erin Blakemore in JSTOR Daily
4. Leadership is more than working crazy hours.
By Jena McGregor at the Washington Post
5. College students: Take geology.
By Erik Klemetti in Wired
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