Newsletter 335
[1]Escaping The Clutches Of The Financial Markets
Links:
1. http://b.rw/kuQqGw
Dirk Kurbjuweit | Spiegel | 3 June 2011
Essay argues that European politicians have become in thrall to banking
giants. Result: "Democracy, after all, is not doing splendidly, or even
well. It is gradually becoming a casualty of the financial crisis"
[2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/escaping-clutches-financial-markets
[3]The Baddest Lawyer In The History Of Jersey
Links:
3. http://b.rw/iVoD4i
Mark Jacobson | New York | 5 June 2011
Astonishing story of Paul Bergrin, "advocate to killers, whorehouse
proprietors, bum-check-passing beauty queens, Lil’ Kim, and a thousand
forgotten street hoodlums". Awaiting trial on charges of having potential
witnesses killed [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/baddest-lawyer-history-jersey
[5]How I Failed, Failed, And Finally Succeeded At Learning How To Code
Links:
5. http://b.rw/kP8buQ
James Somers | Atlantic | 3 June 2011
Accessible, engaging piece recounts writer's efforts to become a computer
programmer. With results immediately apparent and regular small payoffs,
it's a naturally addictive activity. Shame school teaching is off-putting to
so many [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-i-failed-failed-and-finally-succeeded-learning-how-code
[7]Self-Sacrifice In The Age Of The Gadget
Links:
7. http://b.rw/lAqvQ4
Chris Baraniuk | The Machine Starts | 3 June 2011
On kidney sales and iPads. Chinese teenager's decision represented
"unfortunate combination of our willingness to make self-destructive
investments in technology and the social pressures which encourage that
willingness" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/self-sacrifice-age-gadget
[9]New Approach To The Holocaust
Links:
9. http://b.rw/lhA4hC
Timothy Snyder | NYRB | 5 June 2011
Review of Peter Longerich's "Holocaust", tracing the evolution of Nazi
_Judenpolitik_. "It supplies the best account we have of the relationship
between anti-Semitism and mass murder, and conveys a melancholy
plausibility" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/new-approach-holocaust
[11]Twenty Facts About US Inequality Everyone Should Know
Links:
11. http://b.rw/lRwyAz
Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge | 4 June 2011
Lavishly illustrated blogpost with some unpalatable data about US
inequality. "CEOs in 1965 made 24 times more than the average production
worker, whereas in 2009 they made 185 times more." Thanks @polit2k for
alerting us [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/twenty-facts-about-us-inequality-everyone-should-know
FiveBooks Interview
[13]John King on Latin American Novels
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-king-on-latin-american-novels
From magical realism to political upheaval, five books of essential Latin
American fiction. And what Jorge Luis Borges was like in person
Featured Topic
[14]Mind And Brain
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/mind
Everything you wanted - or didn't want - to know about your mind. From how
many friends your brain can cope with, to experts discussing consciousness
and mental illness
Reader Recommendations
@[15]emustich @[16]wired There's a fungus that eats the "angel's share" that
evaporates from aging liquor. [17]t.co/JPbvghU #[18]browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/emustich
16. http://twitter.com/wired
17. http://t.co/JPbvghU
18. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[19]The Energy Glut: Climate Change and the Politics of Fatness by Ian Roberts
with Phil Edwards
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/energy-glut-climate-change-and-politics-fatness-by-ian-roberts-phil-edwards
[20]Danny Dorling says: "There’s a lovely graph in this book which shows a
high correlation between how much petrol or gasoline people use and obesity"
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/danny-dorling-on-modern-britain
Video of the Day
[21]Plains Milky Way
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/videos/plains-milky-way
Incredible time-lapse video of the night sky
Quote of the Day
[22]Anonymous, on Las Vegas
Links:
22. http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2011-05/31/gq-sport-mike-tyson/interview
"If you aim to leave Las Vegas with a small fortune, go there with a large
one"