WIRED MAGAZINE: 17.09

By Kristina Shevory
We're gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust). Christian clergy, likely noting the Bible Belt's status as Wrath Central, question the "science." Valid point—or maybe it's just the pride talking.

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Living in Central California makes me feel pretty sinful.

What is pretty surprising is the wide distribution of moderate gluttony. It makes me wonder what they are serving in that pocket of Texas. The Virginia connection is not all that shocking. I at my first 26,000 or so meals.

There is a lot of saintliness in middle America it seems.

Sloth is evening distributed. How is it that we are producing anything?

It concerns me that i live in a devilishly greedy state.

It is a good thing that grace abounds where sin abounds – not that it is any excuse.

This study was conducted in Kansas, which came out smelling relatively rosy.