Newsletter 402
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Stop Coddling The Super-Rich
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nf4Fjn
Warren Buffett | NYT | 14 August 2011
America's second-richest man attacks fiscal perversity. "While the poor and
middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle
to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax
breaks" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/stop-coddling-super-rich
[7]The Prettiest Boy in the World
Links:
7. http://b.rw/nYclC5
Alex Morris | New York | 14 August 2011
Andrej Pejic was an aspiring model whose androgyny made it difficult for him
to find an agent. Then French _Vogue_ dressed him as a woman for a shoot.
Now he works both sides of the runway, to startling effect [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/prettiest-boy-world
[9]Better (And More) Social Bonuses
Links:
9. http://b.rw/r01258
Dan Ariely | Dan Ariely | 15 August 2011
What is the relationship between pay, motivation and performance? We assume
(or bankers tell us) that more money is more motivating. But research
suggests another form of "payment" can be much more effective [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/better-and-more-social-bonuses
[11]Listen To The Children
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oxvM3n
Simon Marcus | Conservative Home | 14 August 2011
After the British riots. Youth worker, who runs "tough love" boxing academy,
explains how it came to this. And how we can do better by our children. Read
alongside piece by Camila Batmanghelidjh in our UK Riots special section
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/listen-children
[13]Corruption, Murder, And The Beautiful Game
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rkW8nC
Brian Phillips | Grantland | 14 August 2011
No holds-barred attack on corruption at FIFA, governing body of world
football. João Havelange, elected in 1974, was first to exploit commercial
potential. "I'm a happy president," beams the egregious Sepp Blatter today
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/corruption-murder-and-beautiful-game
[15]Obituary: Robert Robinson
Links:
15. http://b.rw/n4V2k4
Anonymous | Telegraph | 14 August 2011
BBC broadcaster for 40 years. Asked Rita Hayworth which husband belonged to
which child. Told Diana Dors he preferred her real name: Fluck. Said of one
story: "If that's news, on what principle is anything ever left out?"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-robert-robinson
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Attica Locke on Texas
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/attica-locke-on-texas
The author of the acclaimed noir novel _Black Water Rising_ tells us about
stories of freed slaves, oil barons and gangsters on the run – books that
capture the outlaw spirit of her home state [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/attica-locke-on-texas
Featured Topic
[19]Sex
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/sex
Call girls, bondage, pornography, naked yoga, adultery and the science of
sperm; it's all here but maybe NSFW [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/sex
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k RT @[22]ns_mehdihasan: "How far right are we going?" asks
@[23]MASieghartin the Independent: [24]t.co/F6aPoDy [25]#browsings #[26]gfc2
[27]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/ns_mehdihasan
23. http://twitter.com/MASieghart
24. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-ann-sieghart/mary-ann-sieghart-how-far-right-are-we-going-2337664.html
25. http://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/invisible-gorilla-and-other-ways-our-intuitions-deceive-us-by-christopher-chabris-and-da
[29]The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/invisible-gorilla-and-other-ways-our-intuitions-deceive-us-by-christopher-chabris-and-da
[30]Dan Ariely says: “These guys did one of the most important pieces of
research in social science, to show how little we actually see in the world
around us” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Perfect Facebook Profile Picture
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/perfect-facebook-profile-picture
Masterclass from L'Oreal Men Expert [33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Benoit Monin, on moral leaders
Links:
34. http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-11/bostonglobe/29877019_1_questionnaire-task-alibi
"The more we feel as though good people might be judging us, the lower
they tend to fall in our regard"
[35]More quotes
Links:
35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations