Friday's Daily Brief

Friday, June 17, 2011 Arianna Huffington: The Internet Grows Up: Goodbye Messy Adolescence Arianna Huffington: I don't know if you've noticed, but the Internet has grown up. Its adolescence was, like most formative years, filled with late nights, video games, loud music, junk food, and trying to figure out exactly what it wanted to be when it grew up. Now, it has matured to the point where our online and our offline lives have merged. Indeed, the qualities we care most about offline are being increasingly reflected in our experience online. We're leaving behind worshiping at the altar of algorithms and entering a brave new world of community, connections and engagement. Remember all those scary movies about how humans were going to become machines in the future? Well, as it turned out, the machines ended up enabling us to be more human instead. TECHNOLOGY U.S. Government In Cyber Fight But Can't Keep Up POLITICS Anthony Weiner Resigns At Press Conference WORLD Libya Diplomatic Efforts Intensify As NATO Airstrikes Target Tripoli ARTS Broadway Bites: 'Book of Mormon' Sets Record With $487.25 Ticket Casey Anthony's Lawyers Raise Incest Issues, Question FBI Witness About Paternity Tests BLOG POSTS Robert Reich: The Growing Desperation of the Don't-Raise-Taxes-on-the-Rich-Crowd Today 34 Senate Republicans voted to end the special tax breaks for ethanol. If I were a cynic, I'd say the Republican right is showing signs of desperation. Larry Flynt: My Job Offer for Anthony Weiner After having learned of his sudden and compelled resignation from his Congressional post, I would like to make Anthony Weiner an offer of employment at Flynt Management Group, LLC in our Internet group. Kristi Blicharski: Avoiding Burnout: 7 Ideas for Happier Workdays Working less and slowing down at the office can lead you to a happier work life. Easier said than done? It may seem that way, but even making a few tiny changes can make a huge difference. Michael Roth: Midnight in America: Renewing the Pantheon I am hopeful that those who will shape the future will also have cultivated the ability to renew the pantheon of great work from the past -- to travel through different times and places to renew the possibilities for alternative futures. Marcus Samuelsson: Eating With a Spiritual Compass While the reasons for fasting are varied -- whether it's to purify, connect with a higher spiritual power, atone, or to practice self-control and abstinence -- these spiritual rituals also create a sense of community with fellow observers.

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