Sunday assorted links

1. The Silicon Valley quest to live forever.

2. How transparency kills information aggregation.

3. “Fortunately his bravado ceased abruptly at the sight of my penknife wafting ominously close to his crotch.”

4. Petition to keep Barnes&Noble in Bethesda.

5. First issue of American Affairs.

6. Julia Galef defends rationalism (contra Tyler).  Lots of Twitter debate on this too.

7. Seema Jayachandran (development econ) is on Twitter.