Newsletter 412

25 Aug 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]The Inevitable Superpower
Links:
5. http://b.rw/o4ANO1

Arvind Subramanian | PIIE/Foreign Affairs | 23 August 2011

Essay (13-page PDF) arguing that China’s future economic dominance is more
imminent and will be both greater and more varied than is currently
supposed. Interesting points on relative decline of the US and how it may
play out [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inevitable-superpower

[7]Attention Governor Perry: Evolution Is A Fact
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pTxR92

Richard Dawkins | Washington Post | 23 August 2011

"There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be
found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown
in high office." So starts Dawkins' attack on Republican presidential
hopeful [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/attention-governor-perry-evolution-fact

[9]'Mrs Sherlock Holmes' Takes On The NYPD
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qNHpb2

Karen Abbott | Smithsonian | 23 August 2011

Story of Mrs Humiston solving a 1917 murder. Visiting her “was like dropping
in at Baker Street and having Holmes throw the pipe, violin and hypodermic
out of the window and begin to discuss how many strawberries make a
shortcake” [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mrs-sherlock-holmes-takes-nypd

[11]Reading Is Elemental
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oqY7Ep

Helen Vendler | Harvard | 19 August 2011

"Without reading, there can be no learning; without learning, no sense of a
larger world; without sense of a larger world, no ardor to find it; without
ardor, where is joy?" Here is a utopian dream of how to preserve the
humanities [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reading-elemental

[13]What's It Like When Your Film Flops?
Links:
13. http://b.rw/ncBV2x

Sean Hood | Quora | 24 August 2011

Writer of "Conan the Barbarian" explains. "As the release date approaches
and tracking numbers start to fall, you start adjusting expectations, always
with a desperate optimism. You hope that advertising will improve the
numbers" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/whats-it-when-your-film-flops

[15]'Psychic Benefits' And The NBA Lockout
Links:
15. http://b.rw/oqdQNa

Malcolm Gladwell | Grantland | 18 August 2011

Owning a pro sports team is less like having a business than owning a work
of art. Value lies in "psychic benefits" as well as strict financial worth.
Difference is that art collectors are honest about this, NBA owners are not
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/psychic-benefits-and-nba-lockout

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Carol Gilligan on Gender and Human Nature
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carol-gilligan-on-gender-and-human-nature

The idea that girls are emotional and “boys don’t cry” is ridiculous, says
the feminist and psychologist. She tells us about books that debunk the
gender myths constricting our lives [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carol-gilligan-on-gender-and-human-nature

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