FiveBooks Newsletter 120
Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The Browser.
FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The Browser.
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Kenneth Miller on Arguments against Creationism
Friday October 12
The biology professor, and Catholic, tells us what we should read to understand the battle being fought between scientists and creationists
Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-miller-on-arguments-against-creationism)
Evgeny Morozov on Philosophy of Technology
Thursday October 11
The technology commentator discusses the relationship between technology and authoritarianism – and says "philosophers of technology completely missed the train on the internet" Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/evgeny-morozov-on-philosophy-technology)
Evan Osnos on China
Wednesday October 10
The New Yorker's China correspondent reflects on why the country captures our imagination – and why we want to change it. He chooses five books for the discerning traveller Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/evan-osnos-on-china)
Helena Frith Powell on Glamour
Tuesday October 9
The author of Two Lipsticks and a Lover explains what it takes to be glamorous. Relax, it's not about being beautiful or perfect Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helena-frith-powell-on-glamour)
Renata Salecl on Modern Misery
Sunday October 7
The Slovenian philosophy professor decries the tyranny of choice and says we now expect long life, a beautiful body, sexual and job satisfaction. But the idea that we can perfect ourselves dooms us to failure and misery Continue reading… (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/renata-salecl-on-modern-misery)
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Best of the Moment
The Greatest Fake-Art Scam in History?
Joshua Hammer | Vanity Fair | 10 October 2012
"The big question every reader will want to know is, how and why does a person become an art forger?" says Wolfgang Beltracchi. And, as mastermind of one of the most lucrative art frauds in postwar European history, he should know More like this (http://thebrowser.com/best)
Featured Topic
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Healthcare in America
The battle over US healthcare reform reaches the Supreme Court. Here's what's at stake Read on (http://thebrowser.com/reports/healthcare-america)
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Peter Ackroyd says (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-ackroyd-on-london) : “ Bleak House is the work which most powerfully suggests the darkness of London. It conveys a haunted city, half pantomime-half graveyard” FiveBooks Archive (http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks)
Video of the Week
What If The Presidential Election Is A Tie?
(http://thebrowser.com/videos/what-if-presidential-election-tie)
There is an answer. But it's not a very good answer More videos (http://thebrowser.com/videos)
Quote of the Week
Jack Shafer, on politicians (http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2012/10/09/why-we-vote-for-liars)
"Telling the truth is not great for campaigns. If it were, more people would be doing it"
More quotes (http://thebrowser.com/quotations)
Reader Recommendations
@henrylf What is Logic? Helpful intro to the basics, @ethicalrealism - no Kripke required #philosophy t.co/PoH3dN8G #browsings (https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings) More like this (http://thebrowser.com/browsings)