Newsletter 257
[1]Unconscious Race Bias And Obama
Links:
1. http://b.rw/eym4qG
Gregory Parks and Matthew Hughey | OUP Blog | 14 March 2011
Racial considerations probably did encourage whites to vote for Obama in
2008. They wanted America to have an African-American president. Now they
feel racism "no longer an issue". They can turn back to more conservative
views
[2]Simple Model Of Personality Cults
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2. http://b.rw/eeF9z1
Xavier Marquez | Abandoned Footnotes | 14 March 2011
Almost by definition, dictators don't get much useful political feedback.
Nobody is allowed to oppose them. Personality cults help measure true
loyalty of underlings, by requiring competitive public displays of extreme
devotion
[3]Beware The Spyware Model
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3. http://b.rw/ebgm3E
Cory Doctorow | Guardian | 15 March 2011
When governments, courts, corporations spy on computer usage in the name of
anti-piracy or public safety, only ordinary users suffer. Bad guys find a
workaround. It's going to be the same with 3D printers. New approach needed
[4]Robot Pains And Corporate Feelings
Links:
4. http://b.rw/h2t10c
Edouard Machery and Justin Sytsma | Philosophers' Magazine | 14 March 2011
To say "IBM is upset" sounds odd. But to say "IBM is upset by the court
ruling" comes quite naturally. In what sense can companies—or spiders, or
robots—have feelings? Is possessing an emotion the same thing as
experiencing it?
[5]Neoconservatism Unmasked
Links:
5. http://b.rw/gyN5bQ
Bradley Thompson | Cato Unbound | 7 March 2011
Interesting and important political essay, arguing that neoconservatism is
pushing America towards "soft fascism", by elevating the state over the
individual, rejecting market capitalism, glamourising leaders, romanticising
war
[6]2,405 Shot Dead Since Tucson
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6. http://b.rw/fNjGaG
Andrew Romano & Pat Wingert | Newsweek | 13 March 2011
Obama has hinted that gun control legislation is on his agenda; but so far
no action. However "it’s clear that the present moment may be peculiar
enough, and the forces at work potent enough, to produce real movement on
gun safety"
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Steve Crawshaw on =HUMAN RIGHTS=
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steve-crawshaw-on-human-rights
Amnesty International’s director of international advocacy chooses books
that illuminate historical and contemporary human rights issues, from the
Belgian Congo to Iran [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steve-crawshaw-on-human-rights
Topic
[9]Natural History
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Everything you need to know about natural history. Experts from London's
Natural History Museum discuss their top five books on everything - from
bats to plants, dinosaurs to meteorites and more
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Book of the Day
[11]The White Tiger
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/white-tiger-by-aravind-adiga
- by Aravind Adiga -
[12]Robert McCrum says: "It is a wonderful book which is written in this
very gripping Indian English. It is very high octane."
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-mccrum-on-us-and-uk-english
[13]More recommendations…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
@[14]alexlankestter: Bret Easton Ellis on Charlie Sheen and the End of
Empire [15]shar.es/3UuKx #[16]browsings
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