Stuff we like: We’re not addicts, we’re intellectuals

Thursday brings us the following nuggets:

Internet addiction made an official disorder in China. China is set to register Internet addiction as an official condition next year, says the Times. ”According to Chinese estimates, about 10 per cent of young users suffer from addiction and of those about 70 per cent are male.” But WE can quit any time. Seriously.

Public intellectuals: an endangered species? While not the intellectuals of yesteryear, a new generation of public intellectuals are on the rise thanks to blogs and the new media, argues Daniel W. Drezner in the Chronical of Higher Education.

Bank on it. A Melbourne woman who paid £500 for a stencil (like the one to the left, but not on a public wall, obviously), by British street artist Banksy six years ago has sold the piece for £90,000, The Age reports. ”I wish I’d bought five,” said the woman. Well duh.

Super Obama World. If you like your US politics in 8-bit, check out Super Obama World, where goombas are replaced by pigs with lipstick and you can take the bridge to nowhere.