First Links – 11.24.14

From Folk Tales to Internet Pests
Heather O’Donoghue, The Times Literary Supplement

The Secret Life of Passwords
Rumsey Taylor & Josh Williams, The New York Times

The Shrinking World of Ideas
Arthur Krystal, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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