Newsletter 290
[1]BP Blowout Birthday. It Could Happen Again
Links:
1. http://b.rw/dIPWiB
Tim Dickinson | Rolling Stone | 19 April 2011
America's biggest environmental disaster. Lessons ought to have been
learned. Maybe they were—but government hasn't acted on them. "The House
introduced 84 bills in response to the spill. Two passed. They both died in
the Senate" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bp-blowout-birthday-it-could-happen-again
[3]What Defines A Meme?
Links:
3. http://b.rw/eMNxlS
James Gleick | Smithsonian | 20 April 2011
We owe the coinage to Richard Dawkins: a unit of expression that spreads. An
idea, a tune, a catchphrase, an image. But are humans merely vehicles for
the intellectual propagation of memes, as for the physical propagation of
genes? [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-defines-meme
[5]Why Condom Sales Soar In A Recession
Links:
5. http://b.rw/fCm2j3
Martin Lindstrom | Fast Company | 19 April 2011
Author of "Buyology" on how to build brands in hard times. When consumers
fear for the future, they focus a lot more on basic needs. Don't pitch your
product as something to buy for pleasure. Emphasise its practical aspects
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-condom-sales-soar-recession
[7]Lester Bangs' Basement
Links:
7. http://b.rw/g3Ekbw
Bill Wyman | Slate | 19 April 2011
Nothing's rare any more. Thank BitTorrent, iTunes, the Long Tail. Bootleg
albums, suppressed documentary films, injuncted master-tapes, early Kubrick,
stuff you would have killed for in the seventies—now it's just a click away
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lester-bangs-basement
[9]Russia's Fading Army
Links:
9. http://b.rw/f30ijE
Richard Boudreaux | WSJ | 20 April 2011
Kremlin hopes of replacing huge badly-trained conscript army with a smaller,
smarter professional army have foundered, mainly because the army itself
can't raise its game. Still brutalises, exploits recruits. No-one wants to
join [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/russias-fading-army
FiveBooks Interview
[11]Erica Jong on Unmissable Books on Women, Feminism and Life
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/erica-jong-on-unmissable-books-women-feminism-and-life
American feminist legend Erica Jong selects essential reading for women –
and says the revolution is far from over
Featured Topic
[12]Relationships
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
Reader Recommendations
_@giannakr_ Vanity Fair does Egypt | AFRICA IS A COUNTRY: [13]bit.ly/ihnMpk
via @addthis [14]#browsings
Links:
13. http://bit.ly/ihnMpk
14. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[15]Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/holdem-poker-advanced-players-by-david-sklansky-mason-malmuth
[16]Victoria Coren says: “This is a technical strategy book from a while
ago. Now there are millions of these but most of them are boring”
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/victoria-coren-on-poker
Video of the Day
[17]Evian: Baby Inside
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/videos/evian-baby-inside
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Quote of the Day
[18]Colin Campbell defines glamour
Links:
18. http://www.deepglamour.net/deep_glamour/2011/04/glamour-and-economic-dynamism-does-growth-depend-on-delusion.html
"An illusion that is known to be false but felt to be true"