Newsletter 270
[1]Why Leaders Don't Learn From Success
Links:
1. http://b.rw/ev92Ha
Francesca Gino & Gary Pisano | HBR | 30 March 2011
It's mostly fundamental attribution error. When people do well, it's partly
due to chance and circumstance. But they think it's all down to their
genius, and that they've got nothing left to learn. Setbacks catch them
unprepared [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-leaders-dont-learn-success
[3]Why You Should Care About Cricket
Links:
3. http://b.rw/hp7sCZ
Wright Thompson | ESPN | 28 March 2011
On Sachin Tendulkar and his place in Indian culture. "I see Sachin
constructing a score, and I understand the planning, the years of
experience, that lead a man to this field on this day. This is art, and I am
lucky to see it" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-you-should-care-about-cricket
[5]In The Beginning Was The Sound
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5. http://b.rw/eWJVFu
Anne Wroe | Intelligent Life | 30 March 2011
Beautifully written appreciation of the King James Bible. "Modern
translations are more specific, doubtless more accurate, but always less
melodious. This is language not for silent study but for reading and
declaiming aloud" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beginning-was-sound
[7]New York Times Magazine, 100 Years Ago
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7. http://b.rw/h3pvGC
David Friedman | Slate | 30 March 2011
Favourite subjects included spiritualism, true crime, science, circuses.
Thomas Edison interviewed in 1910: "I cannot believe in the immortality of
the soul". Big story from March 1912: "French Savant Tells of Life on Venus,
Mars" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-was-nyt-magazine-100-years-ago
[9]Shock Waves
Links:
9. http://b.rw/ga6c85
Lee Smith | Tablet | 30 March 2011
For 40 years, Western leaders have been fixated on the Israel-Palestine
conflict as a harbinger for regional peace. As revolutions spread throughout
the Arab world, it seems pretty clear that Israel and Palestine is a local
affair [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/shock-waves
[11]Texas-Sized Plan For Nuclear Waste
Links:
11. http://b.rw/i56e5J
Josh Harkinson | Mother Jones | 29 March 2011
Harold Simmons is a litigious 79-year-old billionaire who made his money in
garbage collection. Now he wants to open a giant radioactive waste dump in
West Texas, bypassing federal nuclear regulators. What could possibly go
wrong? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/texas-sized-plan-nuclear-waste
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Michael Palliser on Diplomacy
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/michael-palliser-on-diplomacy
Veteran diplomat Michael Palliser discusses his friend Henry Kissinger’s
diplomatic skills and says his experiences in post-war Germany made him a
committed European
Featured Topic
[14]Financial Crisis
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/financial-crisis
In-depth primer for both the expert and the amateur. Experts interviewed
include Eichengreen, Barro and Rodrik. Wide range of hand-picked background
articles
Reader Recommendations
@[15]CorbinHiar Rock music idolizes stars who live fast and die young. How
has 70-year-old Bob Dylan managed to stay on top? [16]ow.ly/4qegi
[17]#browsings
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15. http://twitter.com/CorbinHiar
16. http://ow.ly/4qegi
17. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]Trilobites by H B Whittington
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/trilobites-by-h-b-whittington
[19]Richard Fortey says: "These were a very important group of extinct
organisms that thrived for almost 300 million years."
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-fortey-on-palaeontology
Video of the Day
[20]Three Big Pigs
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/three-big-pigs
Arab awakening and Western response re-cast as fairy tale, with Angry Birds
co-starring. By Egor Zhgun
Quote of the Day
[21]Claude Monet, on his art
Links:
21. http://hbr.org/2011/04/ethical-breakdowns/ar/1
"My life has been nothing but a failure, and all that's left for me to do
is to destroy my paintings before I disappear"
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