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Moral and ethical aspects

Bad Intelligence

From internal reports sent by the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility, intended to “aid employees in steering clear of ethical pitfalls.” A selection of reports from the past three years…

The drunk’s club

by Clancy Martin,

A.A., the cult that cures

A Good Death

by William T. Vollmann,

Exit strategies

Trouble Helix

by Harper’s Staff,

From posts on the private message board for 23andMe, a company that sells mail-in genetic-testing kits. In June, 23andMe accidentally mixed up the test results of as many as ninety-six…

Locking in your profits

by Bryant Urstadt,

Private prisons as a gold-plated investment opportunity

From an October 7 press release by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Scottsdale, Arizona, that cryonically preserves members’ heads or bodies “with the intent of restoring…

Any drama

by Harper’s Staff,

Moral and ethical aspects

Social studies

Bad Intelligence

Feelgood, DVM

The drunk’s club

A Good Death

Straight Outta Berkeley

Greed

Trouble Helix

Locking in your profits

The Splendid Splintered

Any drama

Debug

Moral and ethical aspects

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Social studies

Bad Intelligence

Feelgood, DVM

The drunk’s club

A Good Death

Straight Outta Berkeley

Greed

Trouble Helix

Locking in your profits

The Splendid Splintered

Any drama

October 2009

Debug