Newsletter 373
[5]Music’s Last Best Hope
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qo4Iui
Brendan Greeley | Businessweek | 13 July 2011
Useful backgrounder on Spotify, the music streaming service from Sweden now
poised for US launch, and its unlikely founder Daniel Ek. Can you imagine a
world where you don't own your record collection? Here's a man who can
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/music’s-last-best-hope
[7]Murdoch, Like Napoleon, Is A Great Bad Man
Links:
7. http://b.rw/oyIjGo
Conrad Black | FT | 13 July 2011
Murdoch rarely keeps his word. Exploits the miseries of others. Betrays
every political leader who trusts him. Malicious myth-maker. All his
instincts point downmarket. But he's a great businessman. And probably not a
criminal [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/murdoch-napoleon-great-bad-man-0
[9]The Unselfish Gene
Links:
9. http://b.rw/o0CUtY
Yochai Benkler | HBR | 4 July 2011
Superb essay challenging notion of innate human selfishness and the rational
actor theory. Biology, sociology, experimental economics, political science.
All contain powerful ideas about natural cooperation [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unselfish-gene
[11]The Afghan Enforcer I Knew
Links:
11. http://b.rw/rhRSMB
Ahmed Rashid | NYT | 12 July 2011
Killing of Afghan president's half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, leaves
political vacuum at critical moment. He was the most powerful political
broker in southern Afghanistan. However much he was loathed, what comes next
may be worse [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/afghan-enforcer-i-knew
[13]Rise And Fall Of RIM
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nV0QU4
Jonathan Geller | BGR | 13 July 2011
Blackberry was a game-changer when it first appeared. But then the bosses of
Research In Motion decided they were so smart that they didn't have to
listen to the market place. Product development went way off track. Can RIM
recover? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rise-and-fall-rim
[15]Elaine Scarry: Thinking In An Emergency
Links:
15. http://b.rw/rrQ8Hu
David Johnson | Boston Review | 13 July 2011
Harvard sociologist talks about how communities can protect themselves in
crises. Most important thing is preparation. You need to have most of the
moves mapped out in advance (so stop complaining about your building's fire
drills) [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/elaine-scarry-thinking-emergency
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Ellen de Bruin on Women and Happiness
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ellen-de-bruin-on-women-and-happiness
The Dutch science journalist takes a light-hearted look at national
stereotypes, why Dutch women are happy, and what it means to be blonde
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ellen-de-bruin-on-women-and-happiness
Featured Topic
[19]Cooking
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking
If cooking is your thing, or you want it to be, this is for you. From
interviews with top chefs to articles that range from the perfect appliance,
to food for athletes, to what's in your cappuccino, it's all here. Enjoy
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/cooking
Reader Recommendations
@[21]whitebluewhite The best TED talk i've ever
watched:[22]www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves.html
[23]#browsings [24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/whitebluewhite
22. http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves.html
23. https://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/creationisms-trojan-horse-by-barbara-forrest-and-paul-r-gross
[26]Creationism's Trojan Horse by Barbara Forrest and Paul R Gross
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/creationisms-trojan-horse-by-barbara-forrest-and-paul-r-gross
[27]Kenneth Miller says: "This book demonstrates that there is precious
little science behind the intelligent design movement but a great deal of
politics and religion" [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-miller-on-arguments-against-creationism
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Secret Of The Unicorn
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/secret-unicorn
Trailer for Stephen Spielberg's Tintin film. With, as Jason Kottke first
noted, worrying echoes of "Polar Express" [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Muhammad Ali, on ageing
Links:
31. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ricky-gervais/lifes-too-short-to-go-with-the-flow_b_895005.html
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30
years of his life"
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations