Where there is no kit and no infrastructure, there is vulnerability. Peter Redfield explores the role of medical humanitarian response in the Ebola crisis.

Joan Donovan dives into the dumpster of the Internet, and comes up holding some tasty ideas about what “doxing” means today and yesterday.

While policemen watch out for public security, psychologists watch out for the mental health of policemen. Emmanuel Didier looks at these two different uses of statistical data.

Andrew Haldane, Senior Bank of England official, has called for more ecology in the study of finance (read his report). A Financial Times Article reports and offers analysis by prodigal anthropologist Gillian Tett (and co-authors).

Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff explode strategic bombing theory and the emergence of system-vulnerability thinking.

Painter Ruben Hickman does crowds and clouds.

What does Abu Dhabi’s green future look like? Gökçe Günel explores Masdar City in a once-promising Personal Rapid Transit Pod.