Collaborative Consumption is Overrated

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	The Best of the Alternative Press	February 13, 2013

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Collaborative Consumption is Overrated

Collaborative consumption is promising, but doesn’t have the potential of the maker movement.
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See what’s in the March-April 2013 issue of Utne Reader.

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Susan Orlean: Why I Write
What makes writers stick with it? Read more…

Writing Like Philip Glass Plays
Brain goes elsewhere. Ceiling of theater unfocused. A walk at dawn in an orchard. Mist obscures visibility. Read more…

The Meat Industry Now Consumes 4/5 of All Antibiotics
Lacking teeth, the FDA’s voluntary “guidelines” on antibiotic use aren’t making much of a dent. (AltWire) Read more…

New ‘Stop-Frisk’ Data Show Huge Racial Disparity
NYPD reports that 9 out of 10 people stopped are black or Hispanic, and stops occur overwhelmingly in New York’s poorest neighborhoods. (AltWire) Read more…

Ships Inadvertently Fertilizing the Oceans
Some scientists say dumping iron into the ocean will create a powerful carbon sink. So it’s good news that it’s already happening by accident, right? (AltWire) Read more…

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