I'm really only interested in the 2nd article, but I'm not in the mood to read right now, but I gave it a once over and the outlook is poor. I am a demanding reader. My time is valuable. Article writers need to get to the fucking point, and be quick about it. The internet is chock-full of long-winded and torturous wind-bags and blowingly blow breezy words will whipping the wind into a crank mock forglashlushing.
And that is, real time, where my mind goes. And how. However, I appreciate the links to good articles, and its almost 3:00 a.m. Maybe tomorrow the article will be more appealing. I have a formulated method for an article. The first sentence is critical. The first paragraph is the 2nd most critical thing. I need to believe that the article writer was writing TO ME by the time I get mid-way through the 2nd paragraph. There needs to be some structure. There needs to be NO interjection of the author unless it perfectly mirrors my own reaction/opinion, etc... Otherwise I don't give a fuck.
Consider the retarded arrogance of an author that presents a half-ass description of a series of ideas of undetermined value, poorly organized and then he wants to tell you what he thinks about it, and/or how he feels.
*I* feel pretty stupid for being lured into some random douchebag's private literary hell. GOTCHA! he says. And I don't like to be "got". Retards. Everywhere there are retards. And they believe in an infinite number of retarded things and if one does not put some effort into filtering that sht OUT, one will become just as retarded, if not more so, due to the sheer volume of the retardacity. Heh.