Newsletter 375

17 Jul 2011 • 3 min read

[5]The Would-Be Prince Of Port-au-Prince
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nKseSD

Anand Giridharadas | NYT | 15 July 2011

Profile of Wyclef Jean, Haitian rapper, star of the Fugees, failed
presidential candidate and philanthropist. "While Jean plainly wants to do
something for Haiti, there is also, it seems, much that he wants Haiti to do
for him" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/would-be-prince-port-au-prince

[7]Don't Write Off The Banking Stress Tests
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pBf51P

Faisal Islam | Channel 4 | 15 July 2011

Eight banks failed EU's stress tests. Another 16 only scraped through. So,
good that more than 80 passed. Good that tests' announcement spurred some to
raise capital. Click through to the full data and see how exposed your bank
is [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-write-banking-stress-tests

[9]The Judging Of Simon Cowell
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qS9dBx

Amy Chozick | WSJ | 15 July 2011

Profile of TV presenter, amusing and depressing in turns. Earns $12,000 a
minute. "He's not interested in books or art or any real culture. He goes
home, puts on Earth, Wind & Fire, eats spaghetti bolognese and watches
reality TV" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/judging-simon-cowell

[11]The Extended Mind
Links:
11. http://b.rw/q0YiuY

Ed Yong | Not Exactly Rocket Science | 14 July 2011

Does the web weaken our memory? New research seems to show that, when we
anticipate having access to information in the future, we are less likely to
remember it. But we've become more adept at remembering where to find it
later [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/extended-mind

[13]Erica Jong: Sex And Motherhood
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qABiZE

Kira Cochrane | Guardian | 16 July 2011

Lighthearted interview with the famous sex author and her daughter. Both
entertain with stories of Erica's long line of dubious boyfriends and
Molly's wholehearted rejection of a sexually liberal lifestyle [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/erica-jong-sex-and-motherhood

[15]Dying Considered As One Of The Fine Arts
Links:
15. http://b.rw/p7yo8C

Christopher Howse | Telegraph | 14 July 2011

Victorians loved a good deathbed, but we've forgotten art of dying. "The two
or three dry runs I have experienced, which turned out not to be the real
thing, seem in retrospect to have been handled amateurishly" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dying-considered-one-fine-arts

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Simon Baron-Cohen on Empathy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-baron-cohen-on-empathy

The autism expert tells us about the links between empathy and language, and
says our acts of cruelty to one another have at their root a failure to
empathise [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-baron-cohen-on-empathy

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