This week's assortment of links:
Meaning-Making Machines: In Which is Discussed Hallucinations, Game Design, and Control
Obesity: The killer combination of salt, fat and sugar [sic]: In Which is Discussed Food, Flavors, and Intermittent Rewards and Their Effects on Brain Chemistry
Superhero Tragedy Porn Is Bad For Comics: In Which is Discussed Tragedy, Superheroes, Pathos, and Steady State Continuity, and How Serious Superhero Comics Become More Farcical
Radiolab: Random Rules: In Which is Discussed Randomness, Cellular Structure, and the Messy Business of Life
The secret mall gardens of Cleveland: In Which is Discussed Sinking Malls and Their Attempts to Become Something More, Like Greenhouses and Farmers' Markets
Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address: In Which is Discussed Imminent Rebellion by the Soon-to-briefly-be Confederacy and the Moral Obligations On the Participants
What's Left to Eat?: In Which is Discussed How We Have Enough Food to Feed the World, and How to Get it Where it Needs to Be.