Newsletter 287
[1]The Possibilian
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1. http://b.rw/dKAIlP
Burkhard Bilger | New Yorker | 18 April 2011
Neuroscientist studies perceptions of time: does fear slow it down? And,
“what if we were to land on a planet with aliens who live at a different
time scale from us? Would we seem like statues to them, the way trees do to
us?” [2]Comments
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2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/possibilian
[3]The Holocaust In The Dock
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3. http://b.rw/hacOP8
Klaus Wiegrefe | Spiegel | 15 April 2011
More from Spiegel's stunning investigation into Eichmann's arrest and trial.
Much here on how German government of 1960s was trying to avoid prosecution
of Nazi war criminals, to protect potential targets in its own top ranks
[4]Comments
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4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/holocaust-dock
[5]To The Exclusion Of All Others
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5. http://b.rw/gev6zh
Elizabeth Abbott | Walrus Magazine | 12 April 2011
Exploring issues around polygamy and whether it will remain intolerable in
liberal societies. Focussed on Canada but relevant to all, particulary on
potential complexities for any legal system if plural marriages were
ratified [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/exclusion-all-others
[7]I Crushed My Million-Pound Violin
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7. http://b.rw/eKeuNG
David Garrett | Guardian | 16 April 2011
Musician's fatal slip outside concert hall. "Still wearing my flat-soled
concert shoes, I lost my footing and took the entire flight of steps on my
back, riding the violin case like a sledge". Before: 1772 violin. After:
splinters [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-crushed-my-million-pound-violin
[9]Where Does Good Come From?
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9. http://b.rw/eqD9Tm
Leon Nefakh | Boston Globe | 17 April 2011
Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson does intellectual U-turn at 81, rejects
"kin selection" as explanation for altruism, though it has been the basis of
half his lifetime's work. Richard Dawkins and others say he has lost his
marbles [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/where-does-good-come
FiveBooks Interview
[11]Mark Malloch Brown on Globalisation
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mark-malloch-brown-on-globalisation
The Chief of Staff of the United Nations under Kofi Annan and former
Administrator of the UN Development Programme talks us through some of the
key ideas and institutions that helped develop globalisation
Featured Topic
[12]Financial Crisis
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12. 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
@CorbinHiar The science of why people don’t believe science:
[13]mojo.ly/fSMsZn [14]#browsings
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Book of the Day
[15]Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages by Alex Wright
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15. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/glut-mastering-information-through-ages-by-alex-wright
[16]Stephen Baker says: “This is a fascinating book. It’s a whole history of
information and what we, as humans, decide to keep in our heads.”
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/stephen-baker-on-watson
Video of the Day
[17]Spike Jonze, Yo-Yo Ma, Lil Buck
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/videos/spike-jonze-yo-yo-ma-lil-buck
What a collaboration. Young improvisational dancer from LA proves himself
artistic equal of top cellist
Quote of the Day
[18]David Foster Wallace, on self-help
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18. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d20a33a2-66e1-11e0-8d88-00144feab49a.html#axzz1JdDA89ZB
"If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot
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