Newsletter 277
Too many articles, too little time? In this ‘Best of the Moment’ newsletter
we cut through the chaff to deliver the wheat, every day. But now we’re also
launching a new ‘Best of the Week’ newsletter, with our selection of the
really must-read articles of that week, plus featured [1]FiveBooks
interviews, [2]videos, [3]quotations and more – in your inbox every Friday
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[5]Lawyers: You’re Being Played By Twitter
Links:
5. http://b.rw/dLcgKB
Keith Lee | An Associate's Mind | 4 April 2011
Surprisingly clear explanation and analysis of the "gamification" of online
services from, of all places, a lawyer's blog. Study of Twitter reveals true
power of tapping our innate desire to generate a "feeling of accomplishment"
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lawyers-you’re-being-played-twitter
[7]The Military's Secret Shame
Links:
7. http://b.rw/g38xmx
Jesse Ellison | Newsweek | 3 April 2011
Powerful investigation into rape in the military. Last year 50,000 male
veterans screened positive for "military sexual trauma". Problems not gender
specific: women more likely to be assaulted by colleagues than killed in
action [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/militarys-secret-shame
[9]Free-Market Solutions For Overweight Americans
Links:
9. http://b.rw/fJWfNe
Matt Ridley | WSJ | 2 April 2011
Over 30% of Americans are clinically obese but to date few practical
solutions to the problem have been suggested. Could the answer be to
incentivise consumers direct rather than to shame them from "on high"?
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/free-market-solutions-overweight-americans
[11]Why A Lack Of Empathy Is The Root Of All Evil
Links:
11. http://b.rw/fmcW5x
Clint Witchalls | Independent | 5 April 2011
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen argues that that we shouldn't use evil as an
explanation for why people do bad things. His new book examines how lack of
empathy, born from genetic and environmental factors, is the reason for
cruelty [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/clint-witchalls-independent-5th-april-2011
[13]How to Beat Wall Street Once and for All
Links:
13. http://b.rw/gHCVm5
Cord Jefferson | Good Magazine | 5 April 2011
Q+A with scholar Umair Haque on banking crisis and why banks need society
more than society needs banks. Big changes still needed: "without the
institutional reinvention of finance, America simply won't be able to create
the future" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-beat-wall-street-once-and-all
[15]How The West Failed Ivory Coast
Links:
15. http://b.rw/hOjicD
Simon Akam | New Republic | 6 April 2011
It's the world's largest cocoa producer. But cocoa doesn't have the
geopolitical pull of oil. So the world looked the other way while the
stand-off between Gbagbo and Ouatarra escalated. French intervention too
little, too late [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-west-failed-ivory-coast
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Frieda Hughes on Poetry
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/frieda-hughes-on-poetry
Wit, intelligence, compassion and an ability to shock are the qualities
valued by the poet, author and painter, who talks about taking advice from
Dad (Ted Hughes) and why she didn’t write for ten years
Featured Topic
[18]Cooking
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18. http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking
If cooking is your thing, or you want it to be, this is for you. From
interviews with top chefs to articles that range from the perfect appliance,
to food for athletes, to what's in your cappuccino, it's all here. Enjoy
Reader Recommendations
[19]@tog22: Interesting – the rare article that may be useful:
[20]bit.ly/eBJwEZ (7 Basic Things You Won’t Believe You’re All Doing Wrong)
[21]#browsings
Links:
19. http://twitter.com/tog22
20. http://bit.ly/eBJwEZ
21. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[22]Dior by Dior: The Autobiography of Christian Dior by Christian Dior
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/dior-dior-autobiography-christian-dior-by-christian-dior
[23]Justine Picardie says: “Dior’s autobiography is very sober in tone,
which is true of the designer’s own personality.”
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/justine-picardie-on-fashion-biographies
Video of the Day
[24]Bipartisanship In Oregon Legislature
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/videos/bipartisanship-oregon-legislature
You've been careful. Aware of the traditions. It's happened to everyone
else. But not you. Until now
Quote of the Day
[25]W.H. Auden, on truth
Links:
25. http://feeds.poetryfoundation.org/~r/HarrietTheBlog/~3/jNy0T4SAUlc
"What makes it difficult for a poet not to tell lies is that, in poetry,
all facts and all beliefs cease to be true or false and become interesting
possibilities"
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