Israelification?

I've seen more than one news piece declaring that American airport security ought to be more like that is Israel: faster, smarter, less brute force. For example:

http://www.thestar.com/iphone/news/world/article/744199---israelification-high-security-little-bother

This is a mystery to me, because I have actually flown out of Ben-Gurion airport before, and it was nothing like the praise-filled descriptions I read. It was some years ago; maybe Israel itself has only become recently "Israelified." But when I was there, security took well over an hour, everyone was bunched into a huge line exactly as in the U.S., each person's bags were individually opened and rummaged, and everyone was interviewed by security staff. TSA porno scanners notwithstanding, it was much slower and more invasive than security here.

Art vs. Content

Frank Chimero:

Art seems more relevant than ever, especially in an age of “content.” Content is so easy: it accommodates to your lifestyle, fits seamlessly into the negative space while waiting for the bus or while in the waiting room of the doctor or to fill the extra cognitive space as we mull away at the mundane task of satisfying the demands of our inboxes. Art is being transformed to content to squeeze itself into the cracks of our splintered attention.
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What I do know is that the more we thin-splice our attention, the dumber we become.
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So, we should celebrate the things that command more of us. Longer texts, deeper plots, greater nuance. There is worth to being challenged and then rewarded...