Newsletter 288
[1]Deepest Cuts
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1. http://b.rw/gJ0sjh
George Packer | New Yorker | 18 April 2011
Obama has been losing budget battle, because Republicans have fought using
ideology, not just numbers. They want to strangle the government. "In
politics, the side with fixed ends and unscrupulous means always has the
advantage" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/deepest-cuts
[3]The Sharing Economy
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3. http://b.rw/i6D7LX
Danielle Sacks | Fast Company | 18 April 2011
Are we watching the end of hyperconsumption? Financial crisis has led many
companies to re-evaluate consumers' desire for ownership of products.
Numerous start-ups, fuelled by social media, now bet that sharing is the new
owning [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sharing-economy
[5]All Those Tweets, Apps, Updates May Drain Brain
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5. http://b.rw/eryeNy
James Temple | SF Chronicle | 17 April 2011
Scientists are increasingly concerned that technology's constant bombardment
of information on our brains not only leads to device addiction but also
damages short and long term memories. Most brains aren't made for
multitasking [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/all-those-tweets-apps-updates-may-drain-brain
[7]Saintly And Sybaritic
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7. http://b.rw/eoN7AD
Hugh Pearman | Gabion | 19 April 2011
St Pancras Hotel reopens, restored, after 76 years. Architectural writer
applauds "titanic eccentricity, Victorian bombast" of George Gilbert Scott's
lavishly impractical neo-Gothic design. Main dining room is 100-foot long
curve [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/saintly-and-sybaritic
[9]The Legacy of Malcolm X
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9. http://b.rw/gaiW5c
Ta-Nehisi Coates | Atlantic | 18 April 2011
Yes, he was an angry man, but rightly so. Black Americans, no matter how
talented or hard-working, could only get so far. Not until 2008 did that old
order finally die. "Barack Obama is the president. But it’s Malcolm X’s
America" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/legacy-malcolm-x
[11]Global Energy: The Latest Infatuations
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11. http://b.rw/gDk0qR
Vaclav Smil | American Scientist | 15 April 2011
Detailed scientific analysis. Depressing on short-term potential for
renewable energy. Transitions to new energy sources "are inherently
prolonged affairs whose duration is measured in decades or generations, not
in years" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/global-energy-latest-infatuations
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Martin Marty on Religion versus Secularism in History
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/martin-marty-on-religion-versus-secularism-history
The professor of religious history says that though the world may seem to be
increasingly secular, the growth of Christianity and Islam in some places
disproves it. He chooses five books that fuel the debate
Featured Topic
[14]Popular Science
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14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Black holes, DIY bio-engineering, aliens and more. Interviews and articles
from many of the biggest names in Science. No prior knowledge necessary
Reader Recommendations
_@PaulGoodbrand_ Steven Baxter on the character of debate on UK voting
reform in the New Statesman’s Staggers blog [15]tinyurl.com/3eyp9o6
[16]#browsings
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15. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/steven-baxter/2011/04/race-understand-match-vote
16. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[17]Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/crime-and-punishment-by-fyodor-dostoevsky-1
[18]Irvine Welsh says: “It is not a crime book in the way that we understand
crime fiction today. Instead it is like an existential psychological
thriller”
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/irvine-welsh-on-crime-novels
Video of the Day
[19]Google Exodus
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/videos/google-exodus
Passover video from aish.com. How the Exodus story might have been captured
in social media
Quote of the Day
[20]Charlie Munger, on investing
Links:
20. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/investor-activity-does-not-translate-into-res
"Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your
ass"
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