Newsletter 231
[1]Britain's Fury Over Sovereignty
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1. http://b.rw/eKPtz8
Bagehot | Economist | 10 February 2011
Excellent commentary on British parliament's vote to defy European Court of
Human Rights. Britain can uphold human rights through its own courts. But
European Court is badly needed in countries such as Russia. A pity to
undermine it
[2]The Dictator Is Last To Know
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2. http://b.rw/i527Jr
David Remnick | New Yorker | 10 February 2011
"To watch Mubarak as he used every means of rhetorical deflection to delay
his inevitable end was to watch a man so deluded, so deaf to the demands of
history, that he was incapable of hearing an entire people screaming in his
ear"
[3]The Impact Of The Printing Press
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3. http://b.rw/gdpy61
Jeremiah Dittmar | Vox | 11 February 2011
"The printing press was one of the greatest revolutions in information
technology." Did the first presses provide cities with economic growth? Or
were presses established in areas where growth was set to occur
[4]Release Of Mosquitoes With Suicide Genes
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4. http://b.rw/gnOnU5
Jennifer Rodriguez-Mueller | Singularity Hub | 10 February 2011
Extraordinary detail on biotech trial to eradicate Dengue Fever. Genetically
altered male mosquitoes, engineered to die mid life-cycle, released into
wild to mate with natural females and so crash population levels. Will it
work?
[5]Britain's Fury Over Sovereignty
Links:
5. http://b.rw/eKPtz8
Bagehot | Economist | 10 February 2011
Excellent commentary on British parliament's vote to defy European Court of
Human Rights. Britain can uphold human rights through its own courts. But
European Court is badly needed in countries such as Russia. A pity to
undermine it
[6]The Dictator Is Last To Know
Links:
6. http://b.rw/i527Jr
David Remnick | New Yorker | 10 February 2011
"To watch Mubarak as he used every means of rhetorical deflection to delay
his inevitable end was to watch a man so deluded, so deaf to the demands of
history, that he was incapable of hearing an entire people screaming in his
ear"
[7]View full selection
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[8]Darren Aronofsky on =MAKING MOVIES=
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/darren-aronofsky-on-making-movies
Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan takes a short break from his
awards-season schedule to recommend five books on film—and discuss the
moviemakers who inspire him [9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/darren-aronofsky-on-making-movies
Topic
[10]Soccer
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10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
A collection of hand-picked articles and interviews with leading authorities
on the biggest sport in the world
[11]Continue reading…
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11. http://thebrowser.com/topics/soccer
Book of the Day
[12]Capitalism and Freedom
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12. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/capitalism-and-freedom-by-milton-friedman
-by Milton Friedman -
It was the first book that I read [with] the idea that in order to have
political freedom you have to have market freedom, economic freedom. That
economic freedom drives people towards political freedom. I was living in a
small town in the west – so this was like opening a window on a wider world.
I did not live in a political household, so this is not the kind of book
that I would read and be able to talk with my parents about. So it’s almost
like samizdat literature. It was read in quiet, it was exhilarating, but
very private.
[13]More recommendations…
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13. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
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