Newsletter 365
[5]Groupon Therapy
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qcQyb7
Lauren Etter | Vanity Fair | 5 July 2011
Good read on fastest growing company in history. Best bits cover Groupon's
early days, famously zany deal descriptions, and oddball founder Andrew
Mason. "I love the idea of dying doing something that nobody cares about,"
he says [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/groupon-therapy
[7]Drugs And The Meaning Of Life
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rtQgyB
Sam Harris | The Blog | 5 July 2011
Would you want your daughter to take drugs? Most parents would not. "But if
she does not try a psychedelic at least once in her adult life she may have
missed one of the most important rites of passage a human being can
experience" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/drugs-and-meaning-life
[9]Should China Be 'Contained'?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oZbwQy
Joseph Nye | Project Syndicate | 4 July 2011
On US policy towards China, and fears the Asian powerhouse could become a
threat. Nye seems sanguine. Asia has an internal balance of power and China,
in worsening ties with its neighbours, is doing a good job of containing
itself [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/should-china-be-contained
[11]Specs That See Right Through You
Links:
11. http://b.rw/nP3Jii
Sally Adee | New Scientist | 5 July 2011
And reveal people's emotions. Seriously. Welcome to the bizarre world of
"social x-ray glasses". Akin to developing a whole new sense. Of potential
benefit to people with autism but also for next generation customer service
teams [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/specs-see-right-through-you
[13]MCC Lecture On The Spirit Of Cricket
Links:
13. http://b.rw/ovySIZ
Kumar Sangakkara | Telegraph | 5 July 2011
Sri Lankan star talks about colonialism, civil war, and the role of cricket
in forging national identity. After 1996 World Cup victory "we were no
longer timid or soft or minnows. We had played and beaten the best in the
world" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mcc-lecture-spirit-cricket
[15]Evolution Of The Map Of Africa
Links:
15. http://b.rw/pcrswQ
Various | How To Be A Retronaut | 6 July 2011
Treasure trove for map enthusiasts. A series of 27 fascinating historical
maps, all expandable to large readable size, charting European engagement
with Africa. Made available by Princeton University library [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolution-map-africa
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Issandr El Amrani on Understanding the Arab World
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/issandr-el-amrani-on-understanding-arab-world
The influential blogger and journalist tells us why there’s so much
misinformation about the Arab world, and suggests what we should read to
improve our understanding of the region’s history and current turmoil
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/issandr-el-amrani-on-understanding-arab-world
Featured Topic
[19]Espionage
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
The irresistible subject - spies. Who are they? What do they really do? Are
today's spies that different from the heroes of the Cold War? Read on to
find out [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
Reader Recommendations
@[21]lparreiras The man who hunted Osama bin
Laden [22]bit.ly/pl3WI4 #[23]browsings[24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/lparreiras
22. http://bit.ly/pl3WI4
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/argumentative-indian-by-amartya-sen
[26]The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/argumentative-indian-by-amartya-sen
[27]Pankaj Mishra says: "This gives you a sense of the many layers of
history, of identities, that constitute Indian society" [28]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/pankaj-mishra-on-india
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Dear Wayne, I've Been Humiliated
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/dear-wayne-ive-been-humiliated
On coping with humiliation. "You've got to take the epicentre of the shame,
and turn it into your identity" [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Karl Smith, on children
Links:
31. http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/07/04/are-children-inferior-goods
"Children are inferior goods. That is, the richer we get the fewer we
want"
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations