Link Loving 26.01.11

• Seth Godin hits the nail on the head again.
• Milford Bateman on why micro-finance has not provided people with a way out of poverty. (It’s systemic/transformational change that’s needed people.)
• Jules Evans points out that he’s had long dibs on the ‘gyms are the new churches’ thing. And includes a pretty poster.
• Ze Frank discovers some more internet magic – a football crowd that turn into human pixels.
• Very cute blog of movies someone can’t quite remember.
• The Freakonomics blog reveals that men on caffeine is basically the worst decision-making process ever.
• (I’m late to the party here) Neal Lawson sets out his vision for the Good Society.
• Nicholas Carr identifies three technologies that challenged our brains – maps, clocks and the printing press. (So, can we please get used to the idea that we can change our paradigm?)
• Do you want to buy Myspace? You can.
• Sunny Hundal enjoys James Delingpole’s car-crash interview on Horizon. (I’d never realised how posh he is!)
• Dan Hodges on the Movement For Change/Citizens UK announcement to train 10,000 Labour organisers, and why he thinks this might not be such a good idea.