Just a Gwai Lo

Steven Den Beste:

• diamonds are scarce only because DeBeers buys the surplus and stores them
• synthetic diamonds are not really all that new, but still hold promise

Anil Dash:

• 15% of diamonds sold in the United States are funding bloody civil wars in Africa
• good luck trying to figure out which %15
• there's a more important reason why you shouldn't buy diamonds: the messages used to sell diamonds are more than slightly misogynist