Newsletter 253
[1]Freaks, Geeks, GDP
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Annie Lowrey | Slate | 8 March 2011
Great innovations—railways, cars, penicillin—drove American growth last
century. Why hasn't the internet done the same? Partly because it pushes
wages and prices down. Partly because GDP is bad at measuring intangible
benefits
[2]The Ashtray: Hippasus Of Metapontum
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Errol Morris | NYT | 8 March 2011
Not an easy one to pigeonhole. Film-maker's essay on philosophy of Thomas
Kuhne, which digresses into an exploration of Greek mathematics and the
putative murder of the discoverer of irrational numbers. Weirdly compelling
[3]Dead Author Breeds Big Business
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David Freedlander | New York Observer | 8 March 2011
David Foster Wallace's reputation was waning when he committed suicide in
2008. But in death his stature has grown—from cult figure to great writer.
PhD theses, conferences, critical works are multiplying. Is he the new James
Joyce?
[4]People Don't Know When They Are Lying To Themselves
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Ed Yong | Not Exactly Rocket Science | 7 March 2011
Interesting new research on cheating hints that we should view humans as
rationalising rather than rational animals. In many instances "cheaters not
only deceive themselves, but are largely oblivious to their own lies"
[5]Learning To Love New Media
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James Fallows | Atlantic | 8 March 2011
Reflective essay on erosion of traditional media, rise of populist media. We
may not like Gawker or Fox News but we have to live with them. Besides,
media in permanent flux. Something new, and different again, will be along
soon
[6]Anatomy Of A Crushing
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Maciej Ceglowski | Pinboard Blog | 8 March 2011
When Yahoo hinted that Delicious might fold, subscribers immediately flooded
to tiny rival Pinboard. Here's how it felt from Pinboard's side when the
tidal wave hit. If you run a website, this will enthrall you. If not, then
not
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Andrew Sarris on =FILM CRITICISM=
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-sarris-on-film-criticism
Legendary American critic sounds off on auteurism, his own career and the
value of the traditional film-writing canon over Internet innovations such
as IMDB [8]Continue reading…
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-sarris-on-film-criticism
Topic
[9]Relationships
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
[10]Continue reading…
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10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Book of the Day
[11]Time Travel in Einstein's Universe
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11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/time-travel-einsteins-universe-by-richard-gott
-by Richard Gott -
_[12]David Goldberg says:_ “That is a book that I really enjoyed, written by
a friend of mine who was influential in my education.”
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12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-goldberg-on-cosmology
[13]More recommendations…
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Browsings
[14]@moulinlacoste 10 per cent of us are left-handed. It used to be a
stigma. What causes this brain asymmetry? [15]nyti.ms/fDIn3m #[16]browsings
[17]More user recommended #browsings…
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