Newsletter 286
Best of the Week
[1]Don't Bet On The Joys Of Pokies
Links:
1. 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
[2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-bet-joys-pokies
[3]Evolutionary Analysis Shows Languages Obey Few Ordering Rules
Links:
3. 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 [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolutionary-analysis-shows-languages-obey-few-ordering-rules
[5]The Man Behind The Curtain
Links:
5. http://b.rw/dMokbl
Tony Rothman | American Scientist | 15 April 2011
Physics is most fundamental of all sciences - conceptually compelling and
beautiful. Or is it? "The subject is presented as one of completeness while
the holes—let us say abysses—are planked over in order to camouflage the
danger" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/man-behind-curtain
[7]What Lucky People Do Differently
Links:
7. http://b.rw/gGtZbb
Jonathan Fields | Jonathan Fields Blog | 11 April 2011
Exceptional short post looking at what separates the lucky from the unlucky,
via an appreciation of Steve Jobs. Key point: "unlucky people miss chance
opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-lucky-people-do-differently
[9]What Great Births You Have Witnessed
Links:
9. http://b.rw/gRbXap
Mark Twain | Letters Of Note | 12 April 2011
Transcript of letter from Twain to Walt Whitman on his 70th birthday,
celebrating human endeavour. "You have lived just the seventy years which
are greatest in the world's history & richest in benefit & advancement to
its peoples" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-great-births-you-have-witnessed
[11]Innovation, Espionage, and Chinese Technology Policy
Links:
11. http://b.rw/hRw4XH
Adam Segal | CFR | 15 April 2011
Testimony to Foreign Affairs Subcommittee (PDF) on China's attempts to
acquire advanced tech via espionage. Primary driver? "Failure to protect
intellectual property rights in the Chinese market leads to massive theft
and piracy" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/innovation-espionage-and-chinese-technology-policy
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Jila Dana-Haeri and Shahrzad Ghorashian on Persian Cookery
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jila-dana-haeri-and-shahrzad-ghorashian-on-persian-cookery
Cookbook authors describe their favourite Persian treats, including
mouth-watering lattice window syrup cakes and rice with saffron and morello
cherries
Featured Topic
[14]Poetry
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/poetry
From poets on poetry and lives of the great poets, to fact-checking verse
and Google Voice as poetry ... something for the bard in us all
Reader Recommendations
@bobtrev Tagging along with Boris. A good read on the #London mayor.
[15]gu.com/p/2zcj2/ip [16]#browsings
Links:
15. http://gu.com/p/2zcj2/ip
16. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[17]The Afterlife is Where We Come From by Alma Gottlieb
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/afterlife-where-we-come-by-alma-gottlieb
[18]Alison Gopnik says: “This book is a beautiful and moving account of the
relationships between the mothers and children in this community and how
close they are, even when childhood is endangered.”
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alison-gopnik-on-children-and-their-minds
Quote of the Day
[19]Amy Knight, on Russia
Links:
19. 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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