Newsletter 269
[1]Steroids, Baseball, America
Links:
1. http://b.rw/eFT7tc
Jon Baskin | The Point | 28 March 2011
Who did what and when isn't really the point any more. Powerful piece argues
that we must think about what sport means to us. Are we prepared to fight
for sport's authenticity, how do we do it, and what do we lose if we don't?
[2]Redmond O'Hanlon: A Life In Books
Links:
2. http://b.rw/iaA4K8
Paul Laity | Guardian | 26 March 2011
Magnificent portrait of naturalist, explorer, writer, famed for "sucking out
monkey's eyes and dancing, drugged, for local tribes". Sidewhiskers grown in
homage to Darwin. "Figure of legendary bonhomie", also suicidal alcoholic
[3]I Can Awkward
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3. http://b.rw/efaRoI
Matthew Wollin | The Awl | 28 March 2011
"Awkwardness lives outside your mind. Instead, it makes itself known
somewhere between your cheeks and your heart and your stomach. It breathes
out of every uncomfortable pore of the body". Lovely read on
uncomfortableness
[4]What Do We Deserve
Links:
4. http://b.rw/hJhWdv
Namit Arora | 3 Quarks Daily | 28 March 2011
Intelligent and concise critique of three main models of distributive
economic justice (libertarian, meritocratic and egalitarian). On inequality
in US, key question raised is why the majority votes against its own
economic interest
[5]Microsoft’s Odd Couple
Links:
5. http://b.rw/hDk5tU
Paul Allen | Vanity Fair | 29 March 2011
Extract from Microsoft co-founder's memoir, on life with Bill Gates from
their schooldays in Seattle to their falling-out in 1983. Luckily for Allen,
he kept his shares. Gates portrayed as smart, driven, intense, a
"taskmaster"
[6]Why Escalators Bring Out The Best In People
Links:
6. http://b.rw/f6FOtz
David A. Schroeder | Scientific American | 29 March 2011
Revealing a curious connection between altitude and goodness. Recent
scientific studies seem to show remarkably consistent evidence that there is
some link between height and our propensity for charity, compassion, and
cooperation
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Richard Beard on =RUGBY=
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-beard-on-rugby
Rugby fanatic Richard Beard explains the difference between rugby league and
rugby union – and says the aggression you need for the game doesn’t always
translate well into life [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-beard-on-rugby
Topic
[9]China
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Everything you need to know about the rising power. Original interviews with
experts such as Richard Baum, Isabel Hilton, and Xinran - and the books and
articles they recommend. [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Book of the Day
[11]Walker’s Bats of the World
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/walker’s-bats-world-by-r-m-nowak
-by R M Nowak -
[12]Phil Richardson says: "A very good insight into all of the world’s
bats." [13]More recommendations…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/phil-richardson-on-bats
13. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
@[14]andrewjtaggart: 'It's not how big your big society, it's what you do
with it' [15]is.gd/XCwVzK #[16]browsings
[17]More user recommended #browsings…
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