Newsletter 432
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Tell Me Where It Hurts
Links:
5. http://b.rw/nF5dpE
Heather Kovich | Guernica | 15 September 2011
One of those pieces you really should read. Doctor talks about her work as
an examiner of applicants for Social Security disability payments.
Interesting throughout, both on the demands of the job, and on broader
policy issues [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tell-me-where-it-hurts
[7]Does The Euro Have A Future?
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pEbGjn
George Soros | NYRB | 14 September 2011
If so, a tenuous and tempestuous one. "It is imperative to prepare for the
default and defection of Greece, Portugal and perhaps Ireland. The European
banking system would have to be recapitalized and put under European
supervision" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/does-euro-have-future
[9]The GOP's Genius Plan To Beat Obama
Links:
9. http://b.rw/rnYqfG
Nick Baumann | Mother Jones | 14 September 2011
Interesting diversion into electoral monkey-business. Could proposed new
rules in US swing-state of Pennsylvania mean a candidate could win the state
but lose the state's electoral vote? Confused? Here's how it goes
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gops-genius-plan-beat-obama
[11]The Cognitive Science Of Rationality
Links:
11. http://b.rw/mXJy6s
Luke Muehlhauser | LessWrong | 12 September 2011
At last, a decent overview of rationality research. Tough read but
rewarding. How human reasoning works and why it produces false beliefs,
biases and mistaken judgements. From "corrupted mindware" to "cognitive
miserliness" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cognitive-science-rationality
[13]Call This What It Is: A Modern Day Depression
Links:
13. http://b.rw/oB41Gr
David Rosenberg | Zero Hedge | 14 September 2011
"You know you're in a depression when interest rates go to zero and there is
no revival in credit-sensitive spending, when the banks are sitting on
nearly $2 trillion of cash and yet there is no lending to the private
sector" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/call-what-it-modern-day-depression
[15]Quest For The Golden Nintendo Game
Links:
15. http://b.rw/rdBjsn
Chris Kohler | Wired | 12 September 2011
Lovely feature on hunt for Holy Grail of gaming memorabilia, the gold-hued
Nintendo 1990 World Championships cartridge. "Every serious collector knows
about it. Many dream of finding one, but few have ever seen one in person"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/quest-golden-nintendo-game
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Juan Méndez on Torture
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/juan-méndez-on-torture
Can torture ever be justified? No, says the UN special rapporteur, who tells
us how torturers try to excuse themselves and what remedies should be
available to surviving victims [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/juan-méndez-on-torture
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]obitmag #[22]RIP #[23]browsings Richard Hamilton, Pop Art Progenitor,
Dies at 89: British Artist Was the Bridge from DuChamp to
Warhol [24]ht.ly/6uhVr [25]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/obitmag
22. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#RIP
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
24. http://ht.ly/6uhVr
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/portable-dorothy-parker-by-dorothy-parker
[27]The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/portable-dorothy-parker-by-dorothy-parker
[28]Fran Lebowitz says: “People should still read Parker because she is
really funny. When you read the book reviews she wrote 60 years ago, you
still laugh out loud” [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/fran-lebowitz-on-new-york-writers
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Ghosts With Shit Jobs
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/ghosts-shit-jobs
Everyday life in the America of 2040—after the default of 2015, a long
decline, and a Chinese ascendancy [31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Rick Moody, on rock band reunions
Links:
32. http://therumpus.net/2011/09/swinging-modern-sounds-31-reunion-fever
"Knowing when to stop a second time is as important as knowing when to
stop the first time"
[33]More quotes
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations