Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for November 7th from 22:44 to 08:55:

• Exclusive video: our first look at Xbox One’s voice-activated dashboard | The Verge – "…the Xbox One identifies you by your skeleton, and can even see you in pitch black darkness." #WUT
• Xbox, watch TV: inside Microsoft’s audacious plan to take over the living room –
• Syllabus | MAS S65: Science Fiction to Science Fabrication –
• The Argumentative Theory | Edge.org –
• What World War Z Can Teach You About Critical Thinking –
• Against the Grain: Challenging the Consensus in IDF Intelligence –
• Do the Israelis really have a 10th man doctrine? –
• Telling Big Stories — Editor’s Picks — Medium – Some really great long-form storytelling tips from @bobbie – “Telling Big Stories” on @medium
• The Bear and the Hare – Full John Lewis ad is here for those who are yet to see it: