Newsletter 329
[1]Basta Bunga Bunga
Links:
1. http://b.rw/mENPem
Ariel Levy | New Yorker | 30 May 2011
He says what he does is only natural and what any man would do if he could.
But this romp through the life of Silvio Berlusconi suggests why Italians
may finally be tiring of their hedonistic prime minister [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/basta-bunga-bunga
[3]A Constant Feeling Of Crisis
Links:
3. http://b.rw/iQkIo8
Max Chafkin | Inc Magazine | 29 May 2011
Fascinating, detailed account of tough business environment in Argentina.
"Retail sales fall 5% in the US and people say it's a major crisis. Our
sales went down 65% in a single month. That's a crisis" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/constant-feeling-crisis
[5]The Man Who Had HIV And Now Does Not
Links:
5. http://b.rw/jm8mAp
Tina Rosenberg | New York | 29 May 2011
Could it be possible to cure AIDS after all? Consider the case of Timothy
Brown, who shows no sign of HIV more than four years after undergoing
innovative treatment. Perhaps a ray of hope, despite the costs and research
needed [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tina-rosenberg-ny-mag-29th-may-2011
[7]Britain Rethinks Cyberwar After Stuxnet
Links:
7. http://b.rw/kHUSL2
Nick Hopkins | Guardian | 30 May 2011
A most sophisticated computer virus. "Stuxnet was ingeniously complex,
probably took several people many years to develop, and has opened the eyes
of every government to the destructive possibilities of a new type of covert
attack" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/britain-rethinks-cyberwar-after-stuxnet
[9]The Birth Of Religion
Links:
9. http://b.rw/mLc6LK
Charles Mann | National Geographic | 16 May 2011
Göbekli Tepe temple in Turkey was built 11,600 years ago. Seven millennia
before Great Pyramids. First known human structure more complex than a hut.
Perhaps the urge to worship was at the root of all technology and
civilisation [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/birth-religion
[11]Being A Prude In A Family Of Libertines
Links:
11. http://b.rw/lny0Rd
Molly Jong-Fast | Salon | 30 May 2011
"I am my mother’s worst bourgeois nightmare. I live on the Upper East Side.
I have three children – all by the same man!" Erica Jong's daughter reflects
on how different her life is compared to her racy parents and grandparents
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/molly-jong-fast-salon-30th-may-2011
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Shahram Khosravi on a World of Borders
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/shahram-khosravi-on-world-borders
The migration expert says that to understand what makes integration fail or
succeed we need to know why migrants moved in the first place
Featured Topic
[14]Journalism
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Find out what it's really like to be a journalist. Read about the shadowy
world of foreign reporting, learn what makes a great article and delve into
the history of journalism
Reader Recommendations
@[15]sophiemaynard Being bilingual makes your smarter:
[16]nytimes.com/2011/05/31
science/31conversation.html
?_r=2&hp
#[17]browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/sophiemaynard
16. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?_r=2&hp
17. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]Enhancing Evolution by John Harris
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/enhancing-evolution-by-john-harris
[19]Matthew Syed says: "Harris is a brilliant essayist and the book explores
and explodes a great deal of conservatism in bioethics"
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-syed-on-champions
Video of the Day
[20]El Bulli Stagiaires
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/el-bulli-stagiaires
Advertisement for Estrella Damm beer. Nice music, too. And being an
apprentice cook doesn't look all bad, either
Quote of the Day
[21]Bryan Caplan, on policy
Links:
21. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/04/top_40_things_i.html
"Before you study public opinion, you wonder why policy isn't far better.
After you study public opinion, you wonder why policy isn't far worse"