This week’s best bits from around the web.
WORLD
The war against Islamic State: The Kurdish Stalingrad. READ >>
Burkina Faso’s ‘Black Spring’. READ >>
THINKING
Speed Kills: Fast is never fast enough. READ >>
Freedom from food. READ >>
Jazz Legend Bill Evans on the Creative Process, Self-Teaching, and Balancing Clarity with Spontaneity in Problem-Solving. READ >>
FAMOUS FIGURES
Photographing the Guillotine. READ >>
MEDIA
How Facebook Could End Up Controlling Everything You Watch and Read Online. READ >>
TECH
The Wonderful Possibilities of Connecting Your Fridge to the Internet. READ >>
Microsoft: The Empire Reboots. READ >>
Google shake-up as Sundar Pichai takes over ‘leadership of core products’ from Larry Page. READ >>
HEALTH
Is 10,000 hours all I need to run a faster marathon? READ >>
Just Looking at Cash Makes People Selfish and Less Social. READ >>
COMMUNICATION
The top 10 most fatuous phrases in the English language. READ >>