Newsletter 276
[1]The Sleepless Elite
Links:
1. http://b.rw/hO9gg6
Melinda Beck | WSJ | 5 April 2011
Energetic people often need little sleep: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson and Leonardo Da Vinci, to name a few. New research indicates a
gene variation in these kinds of people. Moment of truth: are you one of
them? [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/melinda-beck-wsj-5th-april-2011
[3]My Life And Times In American Journalism
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3. http://b.rw/fCpb4g
Philip Connors | n+1 | 5 April 2011
Lovely essay on life as a sub-editor at the Wall Street Journal, under Bob
Bartley. "The people who usually proofread his editorials were gone for the
day, and I was the only one left who knew how to repair a dangling
participle" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-life-and-times-american-journalism
[5]Durkheim As Wonk
Links:
5. http://b.rw/i6yuZs
Will Davies | Potlatch | 5 April 2011
On the danger of anomie in post-Thatcher Britain. When the State tells
people that anything is possible if they work hard enough, that's not
liberating, it's depressing. To make progress, most people need goals within
their reach [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/durkheim-wonk
[7]Arianna Huffington is Bill Keller's Somali Pirate
Links:
7. http://b.rw/icj9ce
Aaron Bady | zunguzungu | 5 April 2011
Great take on the snipe-fest between Huffington and the New York Times
editor over the financial state of professional journalism. "Whoever wins
the Real Journalism battle royal gets to defend American democracy from the
barbarians" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/arianna-huffington-bill-kellers-somali-pirate
[9]How To Hail A Passenger
Links:
9. http://b.rw/eiaEG2
Marisa Plumb | IEEE Spectrum | 5 April 2011
Study uses GPS data from taxis in China to identify optimal strategy for
taxi-drivers seeking customers. Cruise in the morning rush hour, wait at
ranks in the evening rush hour. But if all taxis do that, it will cease to
be optimal [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-hail-passenger
[11]It's Hard To Make Predictions
Links:
11. http://b.rw/fV5rO5
Ronald Bailey | Reason | 5 April 2011
New book, "Future Babble", explains why dart-throwing monkeys predict future
better than pundits. Romps through 40 years of failed expertise on
economics, energy, environment, politics. (Me, I never make predictions. I
never will) [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/its-hard-make-predictions
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Roger McGough on Poetry Anthologies
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roger-mcgough-on-poetry-anthologies
The poet, broadcaster and "patron saint of poetry" says all children are
poets and reveals why daydreaming is good for you. Here he chooses
anthologies for all ages, which have "a fresh look and a fresh listen"
Featured Topic
[14]Natural History
Links:
14. 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
Reader Recommendations
_@[15]tweetingmanatee_ Looking forward to a cinematic summer of sequels,
remakes and tired comic book franchises? We’re not.
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15. http://twitter.com/tweetingmanatee
16. http://b.rw/hEZUak
17. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]Enhancing Evolution by John Harris
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/enhancing-evolution-by-john-harris
[19]Matthew Syed says: “Harris is a brilliant essayist and the book explores
and explodes a great deal of conservatism in bioethics”
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-syed-on-champions
Video of the Day
[20]Onion: Internet Outage
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/onion-internet-outage
"With no access to blogs or social networking, people are taking to the
streets to express their inane opinions"
Quote of the Day
[21]Karl Smith on correlation
Links:
21. http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/04/03/healthy-living-vouchers
"The rich are likely to be tall. Yet, this isn’t because they’ve found a
solution to shortness"
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