Why Is America Becoming More Homogenized? Because Americans Move So Much.

“From Boston to Burbank, we buy the same nationally advertised products at the same chain stores and restaurants, happily embracing conformity as we proudly proclaim our uniqueness.” U.Va. researchers “argue [that] our willingness to move far from home leads us to crave the comfort of sameness in our immediate surroundings.”

Coming Explosion Of URL Suffixes Is A Confusing Protection Racket, Says Esther Dyson

ICANN is set to introduce “a host of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs), the suffixes that go after the dot, such as .com, .org, and, soon, .anything. … [The] value formerly associated with Apple could now be divided into Apple.computers, apple.phone, ipod.apple, and so on. If this sounds confusing, that’s because it is.”

American Folk Art Museum’s Hopes For Survival Fade

“The museum has defaulted on its construction bonds, moved into its old, smaller space near Lincoln Center and is talking of dissolving and transferring its collections to another institution. … [The] museum’s descent into financial trouble is a parable about how poor decisions and unfortunate timing can undermine even the most noble of ambitious undertakings.”