[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• At Antipope, Charlie Stross wonders why we need to work so long when productivity and per capita wealth have skyrocketed.


• At the Broadside Blog, Caitlin Kelly describes a week in her life as a writer.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting that ancient Population III stars could, in theory, have rocky planets.


• The Dragon's Tales warns that the Japanese economy is about to tank.


• Joe. My. God. notes that young conservative Ben Shapiro is now boycotting Mozilla after Brandon Eich's departure.


• Savage Minds has an essay by anthropologist Elizabeth Chin suggesting that Lamilly, a new anatomically-correct doll, won't take off because issues with beauty are much more deeply embedded in the culture than the designers believe.


• The Signal examines the proliferation of E-mail storage formats.


• The Volokh Conspiracy's Jonathan Adler doesn't like the pressure applied to Brandon Eich.


• Window on Eurasia has two posts warning that Crimea's annexation to Russia will destabilize the Russian Federation, one arguing that ethnic minorities and their republics will be put in a state of flux, the other arguing that Russian nationalists will be upset by the concession of so many rights to Crimean Tatars.