Newsletter 285
Best of the Week
[1]How To Create A Hit Network Drama
Links:
1. http://b.rw/fNeJg9
Ken Levine | ... by Ken Levine | 7 April 2011
"Very early on, uncover a suspect who appears to be the killer. He hated the
victim, it was his knife in the guy’s chest, there’s surveillance video
showing him do it. Big twist that no one can see coming: He is not the
killer" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ho-create-hit-network-drama
[3]How Book Publishing Has Changed
Links:
3. http://b.rw/e4IC6c
Peter Osnos | Atlantic | 12 April 2011
Founder of Public Affairs books, ex-staff writer at Washington Post, on
three decades of change. But some things stay the same, notably the
dissatisfied author. "No author since Homer has ever found his own book in a
bookstore" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-book-publishing-has-changed
[5]How Book Publishing Has Changed
Links:
5. http://b.rw/e4IC6c
Peter Osnos | Atlantic | 12 April 2011
Founder of Public Affairs books, ex-staff writer at Washington Post, on
three decades of change. But some things stay the same, notably the
dissatisfied author. "No author since Homer has ever found his own book in a
bookstore" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-book-publishing-has-changed
[7]Something Real, for A Change
Links:
7. http://b.rw/fucaxF
Walter Russell Mead | American Interest | 15 April 2011
On Obama's visit to Brazil. US-Brazil relations are changing in truly
momentous ways, much like US-India relations. As the world moves on from the
Cold War, these big new democracies are emerging as America's special
friends [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/something-real-change
[9]Don't Bet On The Joys Of Pokies
Links:
9. http://b.rw/hG392L
Greg Jericho | Drum (Australia) | 13 April 2011
Poker machines, that is—or slot machines to Americans, fruit machines to
Brits. They can swallow A$1,200 an hour. Ex-casino blackjack dealer reckons
they're the most pernicious and least entertaining game in the house
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-bet-joys-pokies
[11]Don't Bet On The Joys Of Pokies
Links:
11. http://b.rw/hG392L
Greg Jericho | Drum (Australia) | 13 April 2011
Poker machines, that is—or slot machines to Americans, fruit machines to
Brits. They can swallow A$1,200 an hour. Ex-casino blackjack dealer reckons
they're the most pernicious and least entertaining game in the house
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-bet-joys-pokies
[13]Don't Bet On The Joys Of Pokies
Links:
13. http://b.rw/hG392L
Greg Jericho | Drum (Australia) | 13 April 2011
Poker machines, that is—or slot machines to Americans, fruit machines to
Brits. They can swallow A$1,200 an hour. Ex-casino blackjack dealer reckons
they're the most pernicious and least entertaining game in the house
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-bet-joys-pokies
[15]Evolutionary analysis shows languages obey few ordering rules
Links:
15. http://b.rw/feEdnK
John Timmer | Ars Technica | 14 April 2011
Was Chomsky wrong? New comparative study of hundreds of languages questions
his universal language theory and suggests that "cultural evolution is the
primary factor that determines linguistic structure", not grammatical
universals [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolutionary-analysis-shows-languages-obey-few-ordering-rules
[17]Evolutionary analysis shows languages obey few ordering rules
Links:
17. http://b.rw/feEdnK
John Timmer | Ars Technica | 14 April 2011
Was Chomsky wrong? New comparative study of hundreds of languages questions
his universal language theory and suggests that "cultural evolution is the
primary factor that determines linguistic structure", not grammatical
universals [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolutionary-analysis-shows-languages-obey-few-ordering-rules
Featured Topic
[19]Moral Philosophy
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/moral-philosophy
Do babies have morals? Does surveillance make us better? Is free will an
illusion or not? Is there such a thing as evil? Get to grips with the big
questions of right and wrong
Reader Recommendations
@TheAmScho: Does the internet spell the end of second chances?
[20]tinyurl.com/3qpj5em #archives #browsings [21]#browsings
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20. http://tinyurl.com/3qpj5em
21. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[22]The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/satanic-versus-novel-by-salman-rushdie
[23]Anthony Julius says: “The Satanic Verses represents a moment of
liberation – the end of the Cold War, but also the inauguration of a
different kind of struggle.”
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anthony-julius-on-censorship
Video of the Day
[24]YouTube Copyright School
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/videos/youtube-copyright-school
YouTube users who post copyright stuff will henceforth have to watch this
video. Luckily, it's a fun video
Quote of the Day
[25]Amy Knight, on Russia
Links:
25. http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/apr/14/russia-opposition-putin-corruption
"In a new poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, 61
percent of respondents said they take no interest in politics or public
life, up from 39 percent in 2007"
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