Newsletter 420
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]9/11: The Winners
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qIlyGE
Graham Rayman | Village Voice | 31 August 2011
For most of the world, it was a tragedy. For many people and companies, it
has proved a goldmine. They include Rudy Giuliani, sundry outright
fraudsters, and practically everyone involved in the $20bn redevelopment of
Ground Zero [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/911-winners
[7]The City: Beijing
Links:
7. http://b.rw/o3AAzD
Ai Weiwei | Newsweek | 28 August 2011
"You will see hospitals where they give patients stitches—and when they find
the patients don’t have any money, they pull the stitches out. It’s a city
of violence." From a man jailed for dissing China, this is quite a screed
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/city-beijing
[9]The GOP War On Voting
Links:
9. http://b.rw/osOUXd
Ari Berman | Rolling Stone | 30 August 2011
Report on spread of Republican legislation designed to hinder millions of
Democrats from voting. Case in point: In Rick Perry's Texas, a
concealed-weapon permit is now acceptable voter identification but a student
ID is not [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gop-war-voting
[11]Capitalism – What Comes Next?
Links:
11. http://b.rw/q43iNy
Vikas Shah | Thought Economics | 1 September 2011
Fine interview with Nobel Prize winning Economist, Edmund Phelps. On modern
capitalism, inequality, innovation, financial sector reform and nature of
economics. "We have had mechanical-capitalism. Now it's time for human
capitalism" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/capitalism-–-what-comes-next
[13]Matthew Freud Will See You Now
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qiRVWj
Felix Gillette | Businessweek | 1 September 2011
Profile of Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law, public relations tycoon with long
track record of countering corporate crises. If he can steer News Corp
through its current scandals, he could emerge, if not as chief, then as
consigliere [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/matthew-freud-will-see-you-now
[15]The Mind's Eye
Links:
15. http://b.rw/r4GbxF
Martin Gayford | MIT Tech Review | 1 September 2011
"We are watching 18 screens showing high-definition images captured by nine
cameras." The resulting moving collage -- the first of its kind -- is the
latest innovation from David Hockney, an artist passionate about new
technologies [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/minds-eye
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Nigel Warburton on Introductions to Philosophy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
How should we live? What is the nature of reality? Should pro golfers be
allowed to use carts? The philosophy lecturer sets us off down the road of
philosophical enquiry with an intriguing reading list [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
Featured Topic
[19]Revolution In Libya
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/revolution-libya
With rebels in control of Tripoli, Colonel Gaddafi's grip on the country
appears to be fatally weakened. Read our selection of articles about the
Libyan leader's brutal 42-year rule and the revolt that's raised hopes of a
better future [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/revolution-libya
Reader Recommendations
@[21]andyguess MT @[22]JustinWolfers: Hiding in plain sight: WikiLeaks comes
unhinged, in six dramatic acts. Compelling read. [23]t.co/AEVoIMm
[24]#browsings [25]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/#!/andyguess
22. http://twitter.com/#!/JustinWolfers
23. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,783778,00.html
24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/matters-life-and-death-by-tobias-wolff-editor
[27]Matters of Life and Death by Tobias Wolff (editor)
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/matters-life-and-death-by-tobias-wolff-editor
[28]Jim Shepard says: “This was a hugely influential anthology in the early
80s. It’s a snapshot of the very best storywriters of an entire decade”
[29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jim-shepard-on-short-stories
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Bikelordz
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/bikelordz
BMX stunts and styles from Accra, Ghana
[31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Anna Reid, on cannibalism
Links:
32. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/09/leningrad-the-epic-siege-of-world-war-ii-by-anna-reid.html
"The Russian language makes the morally vital distinction between
_trupoyedstvo_—‘corpse-eating’—and _lyudoyedstvo_ —‘person-eating’, or
murder for cannibalism"
[33]More quotes
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations