These are my links for February 18th from 08:18 to 14:26:

• Julian Dibbell, This article gives the outlines of a realist… – "I will defend a weird realism." Best. Philosophy-paper abstract. Ever.
• Artificial Empathy – Blog – BERG – 'Artificial Empathy', from @moleitau: (cc @firepile, @aeromenthe)
• The Word of Mouth KFC challenge – "why, it's like comparing iced tea and crystal meth"
• Is This the Real Thing? Coca-Cola’s Secret Formula Discovered by This American Life – Time to change the formula for OpenCola
• HiLobrow | Middlebrow is not the solution –