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# We Should Fear the Glitch That Took Down the NYSE


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[The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/)


## The Aspen Institute


Jul 9, 2015 4:01 PM UTC

by 

[The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/)


## The Aspen Institute


Jul 9, 2015 4:01 PM UTC

**1\.** [**Here is why we should fear the glitch that took down the NYSE.**](https://medium.com/message/why-the-great-glitch-of-july-8th-should-scare-you-b791002fff03)

By Zeynep Tufekci in the Message

**2\.** [**Can we keep juvenile offenders out of jail by teaching them how to read emotions?**](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132035)

By Kelly Hubble, Katharine L. Bowen, Simon C. Moore, Stephanie H.M. van Goozen in PLOS ONE

**3\.** [**To fight the wildfires that plague the west, loggers are helping hack forests.**](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/largest-forest-restoration-in-u-s-history-aims-to-shrink-wildifres/)

By Elizabeth Harball and ClimateWire in Scientific American

**4\.** [**It’s time to short coal.**](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-07-06/why-you-should-short-coal)

By Carl Pope in Bloomberg View

**5\.** [**On the brink of radicalization, Tunisia’s youth need a jobs program.**](https://theconversation.com/despite-progress-tunisias-problems-go-much-deeper-than-security-44051)

By Alexander Martin in the Conversation

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NYSE: We Should Fear the Glitch That Took It Down

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