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WSJournal Reading... Review. Is Smart Making Us Dumb? A revolution in technology is allowing previously inanimate objects to talk back to us and even guide our behavior. But how much control are we willing to give up? By Evgeny Morozov. Photos: Smart Objects From Review My Adventures With Liquid Chicken Some impromptu research with poultry strips prompts a lot of questions about what our kids are eating. When Modern Art Came to America When it opened a century ago, the Armory Show was widely panned—but then it ushered in a new era of art, writes David Gelernter. The Rise of the Female Investor How to attract women to personal finance? With a long-term, goal-oriented approach, writes Susan Gregory Thomas. Week in Words Erin McKean's field guide to unusual words in this week's Wall Street Journal includes glidepath, air gap, anthypophora and returnship. Dear Darwin: Some News About the Bad Old Days For a second time, Matt Ridley emails Charles Darwin about the latest news that makes it even more certain that a meteorite led to the deaths of the dinosaurs. Here's what happened in the aftermath of the impact. Something's Fishy Here The online buzz about DNA testing of seafood sold in U.S. restaurants and supermarkets that showed widespread mislabeling of fish. Images for Wine in Down-to-Earth Designs Wine label designer Susan Pate has created memorable wine labels for Opus One, Harlan Estate and Domaine Chandon. Selling Points "DAD 50" looks back at the past half-century of the annual DAD awards in design and advertising. Gilded Abundance, Elegantly Restrained A resplendent 19th-century vase currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum is a testament to Edward Lycett's ability to harness the most rambunctious eclecticism to produce a sense of unity, opulence and finesse. Beyond the Cliché of the Bossy Boss Ben Schrank, author of "Love Is a Canoe," on how superiors are treated in books by David Foster Wallace, Herman Melville and his own novel. The Humane Way to Crack Terrorists Big data may make "enhanced interrogation" obsolete, writes Holly Finn. Week in Ideas: Daniel Akst On the agenda: the problem with working-memory training programs, police presence, the next move-y screen and futility diet. If Only Burr and Capone Had Tweeted... Joe Queenan imagines famous Twitter feuds: the Hatfields and the McCoys, or Ben-Hur and Messala. Coming Soon! To an Auction Near You If Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony prompts anyone to start collecting movie posters, they better have deep pockets for premium examples. They go well into the six figures. Ideas Calendar: Feb. 23-March 1 In this column: an Oscars quiz, TED 2013 and a panel on health propaganda. A Big Twist Is in Store for 10 New York Buildings Cuban-born artist Alexandre Arrechea's first large-scale public art exhibition in New York City, "No Limits," opens along Manhattan's Park Avenue Malls next Friday. 'I'd Like to Die Broke' A conversation with former hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt as he prepares a vast collection of Jewish ceremonial art for a Sotheby's auction. Don't Miss: Feb. 23-March 1 In this column: William Eggleston in New York, Prince's cowboys in Beverly Hills and an Art Spiegelman retrospective. From Leisure Arts The Midas Touch The man who launched stars from Janis Joplin to Bruce Springsteen to Alicia Keys looks back at his career in the record business. David Kirby reviews Clive Davis's "The Soundtrack of My Life." What's Lurking in Your Pantry These days even the simplest sandwich can contain any number of mysterious food additives. Michael Shermer reviews Michael Moss's "Salt Sugar Fat" and Melanie Warner's "Pandora's Lunchbox." They Turned the Lights On Westinghouse and Edison democratized light, bringing safe, reliable illumination into streets and homes. David A. Price reviews Ernest Freeberg's "The Age of Edison." The Sermon of the High Plains A ghostly, open-ended novel of hard life in a small Colorado town. Sam Sacks reviews Kent Haruf's "Benediction" and Gerbrand Bakker's "Ten White Geese." When the South Was Flat The brutal "slave-ocracy" along the Mississippi was far more integrated with the global economy than is often suggested. Mark M. Smith reviews Walter Johnson's "River of Dark Dreams." Photo-Op: High-Rise Planet Images documenting the rise—quite literally—of global cities. A photographic review of Martin Stavars's "Megalopolis." Down and (Nearly) Out In Appalachia A collection of backwoods crime stories that range in time from the Civil War to the present day. Tom Nolan reviews Ron Rash's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and Alan Bradley's "Speaking From Among the Bones." A Man Who Shaped Our World Euclid's geometrical treatise "The Elements" has been a touchstone for more than 2,000 years. Laura J. Snyder reviews David Berlinski's "The King of Infinite Space." The Cruelty of Youth Bullying may not be more prevalent today, but the Internet means it doesn't stop at the end of the school day. Meghan Cox Gurdon reviews Emily Bazelon's "Sticks and Stones." The Unlovable Founder of Dogpatch Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip gave the world dopey Abner and voluptuous Daisy Mae, as well as expressions like "going bananas" and the "double-whammy." Edward Kosner reviews Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen's "Al Capp." The Watch Men In the early 20th century, two tycoons competed to own the world's most extravagantly constructed watch. John Steele Gordon reviews Stacey Perman's "A Grand Complication." Five Best: Pico Iyer The author of, most recently, "The Man Within My Head" recommends books on crossing cultures. Before the Two Cultures Split The dazzling polymaths of the 19th century didn't observe the modern divide between science and the humanities. Mike Jay reviews Roseanne Montillo's "The Lady and Her Monsters." Seeing Through the School Daze Michelle Rhee fired 241 teachers, 36 principals and 22 assistant principals after taking over the district's schools. Naomi Schaefer Riley reviews "Radical." Fierce Controversies A memoir by the controversial anthropologist who argues that violence provides an evolutionary advantage. Charles C. Mann reviews Napoleon Chagnon's "Noble Savages." The Children of Men For decades we've been warned about the dangers of overpopulation. The real threat to our future, argues Jonathan V. Last, is that we are not having enough babies. William McGurn reviews "What to Expect When No One's Expecting."

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WSJournal Reading... Review.

Is Smart Making Us Dumb?

A revolution in technology is allowing previously inanimate objects to talk back to us and even guide our behavior. But how much control are we willing to give up? By Evgeny Morozov.
- Photos: Smart Objects

From Review

My Adventures With Liquid Chicken

Some impromptu research with poultry strips prompts a lot of questions about what our kids are eating.
When Modern Art Came to America

When it opened a century ago, the Armory Show was widely panned—but then it ushered in a new era of art, writes David Gelernter.
The Rise of the Female Investor

How to attract women to personal finance? With a long-term, goal-oriented approach, writes Susan Gregory Thomas.
Week in Words

Erin McKean's field guide to unusual words in this week's Wall Street Journal includes glidepath, air gap, anthypophora and returnship.
Dear Darwin: Some News About the Bad Old Days

For a second time, Matt Ridley emails Charles Darwin about the latest news that makes it even more certain that a meteorite led to the deaths of the dinosaurs. Here's what happened in the aftermath of the impact.
Something's Fishy Here

The online buzz about DNA testing of seafood sold in U.S. restaurants and supermarkets that showed widespread mislabeling of fish.
Images for Wine in Down-to-Earth Designs

Wine label designer Susan Pate has created memorable wine labels for Opus One, Harlan Estate and Domaine Chandon.
Selling Points

"D&AD 50" looks back at the past half-century of the annual D&AD awards in design and advertising.
Gilded Abundance, Elegantly Restrained

A resplendent 19th-century vase currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum is a testament to Edward Lycett's ability to harness the most rambunctious eclecticism to produce a sense of unity, opulence and finesse.
Beyond the Cliché of the Bossy Boss

Ben Schrank, author of "Love Is a Canoe," on how superiors are treated in books by David Foster Wallace, Herman Melville and his own novel.
The Humane Way to Crack Terrorists

Big data may make "enhanced interrogation" obsolete, writes Holly Finn.
Week in Ideas: Daniel Akst

On the agenda: the problem with working-memory training programs, police presence, the next move-y screen and futility diet.
If Only Burr and Capone Had Tweeted...

Joe Queenan imagines famous Twitter feuds: the Hatfields and the McCoys, or Ben-Hur and Messala.
Coming Soon! To an Auction Near You

If Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony prompts anyone to start collecting movie posters, they better have deep pockets for premium examples. They go well into the six figures.
Ideas Calendar: Feb. 23-March 1

In this column: an Oscars quiz, TED 2013 and a panel on health propaganda.
A Big Twist Is in Store for 10 New York Buildings

Cuban-born artist Alexandre Arrechea's first large-scale public art exhibition in New York City, "No Limits," opens along Manhattan's Park Avenue Malls next Friday.
'I'd Like to Die Broke'

A conversation with former hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt as he prepares a vast collection of Jewish ceremonial art for a Sotheby's auction.
Don't Miss: Feb. 23-March 1

In this column: William Eggleston in New York, Prince's cowboys in Beverly Hills and an Art Spiegelman retrospective.

From Leisure & Arts

The Midas Touch

The man who launched stars from Janis Joplin to Bruce Springsteen to Alicia Keys looks back at his career in the record business. David Kirby reviews Clive Davis's "The Soundtrack of My Life."
What's Lurking in Your Pantry

These days even the simplest sandwich can contain any number of mysterious food additives. Michael Shermer reviews Michael Moss's "Salt Sugar Fat" and Melanie Warner's "Pandora's Lunchbox."
They Turned the Lights On

Westinghouse and Edison democratized light, bringing safe, reliable illumination into streets and homes. David A. Price reviews Ernest Freeberg's "The Age of Edison."
The Sermon of the High Plains

A ghostly, open-ended novel of hard life in a small Colorado town. Sam Sacks reviews Kent Haruf's "Benediction" and Gerbrand Bakker's "Ten White Geese."
When the South Was Flat

The brutal "slave-ocracy" along the Mississippi was far more integrated with the global economy than is often suggested. Mark M. Smith reviews Walter Johnson's "River of Dark Dreams."
Photo-Op: High-Rise Planet

Images documenting the rise—quite literally—of global cities. A photographic review of Martin Stavars's "Megalopolis."
Down and (Nearly) Out
In Appalachia

A collection of backwoods crime stories that range in time from the Civil War to the present day. Tom Nolan reviews Ron Rash's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and Alan Bradley's "Speaking From Among the Bones."
A Man Who Shaped Our World

Euclid's geometrical treatise "The Elements" has been a touchstone for more than 2,000 years. Laura J. Snyder reviews David Berlinski's "The King of Infinite Space."
The Cruelty of Youth

Bullying may not be more prevalent today, but the Internet means it doesn't stop at the end of the school day. Meghan Cox Gurdon reviews Emily Bazelon's "Sticks and Stones."
The Unlovable Founder of Dogpatch

Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip gave the world dopey Abner and voluptuous Daisy Mae, as well as expressions like "going bananas" and the "double-whammy." Edward Kosner reviews Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen's "Al Capp."
The Watch Men

In the early 20th century, two tycoons competed to own the world's most extravagantly constructed watch. John Steele Gordon reviews Stacey Perman's "A Grand Complication."
Five Best: Pico Iyer

The author of, most recently, "The Man Within My Head" recommends books on crossing cultures.
Before the Two Cultures Split

The dazzling polymaths of the 19th century didn't observe the modern divide between science and the humanities. Mike Jay reviews Roseanne Montillo's "The Lady and Her Monsters."
Seeing Through the School Daze

Michelle Rhee fired 241 teachers, 36 principals and 22 assistant principals after taking over the district's schools. Naomi Schaefer Riley reviews "Radical."
Fierce Controversies

A memoir by the controversial anthropologist who argues that violence provides an evolutionary advantage. Charles C. Mann reviews Napoleon Chagnon's "Noble Savages."
The Children of Men

For decades we've been warned about the dangers of overpopulation. The real threat to our future, argues Jonathan V. Last, is that we are not having enough babies. William McGurn reviews "What to Expect When No One's Expecting."