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