Newsletter 442
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]On The Desert Trail Of Tony Blair's Millions
Links:
5. http://b.rw/n55mjq
Peter Oborne | Telegraph | 23 September 2011
Tony Blair has an interlocking web of jobs, and professional and commercial
interests. Among them, he works simultaneously for JP Morgan, his own
consultancy and as a Middle East envoy. Whatever happened to "conflict of
interest"? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/desert-trail-tony-blairs-millions
[7]What Our Siblings Do To Us
Links:
7. http://b.rw/nVcdnt
Adam and Alison Gopnik | NYT | 23 September 2011
Cute idea: Get book on sibling effects reviewed by brother and sister.
Oldest siblings typically have three-point IQ advantage over younger ones.
But hard to make scientific findings, because family relations so rich and
varied [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-our-siblings-do-us
[9]Billion Dollar Brains
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oRkNJ9
April Dembosky | FT | 23 September 2011
Inspiring feature on new wave of 20-something Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
Grew up with the web, blogging and social networking. Detest hierarchies,
employ a trial-and-error leadership style and refuse to cede control to
investors [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/billion-dollar-brains
[11]Reinvention Of Night
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oL74CT
Tim Blanning | TLS | 21 September 2011
Cultural and social history of that part of the day when some of us are
asleep, some of us are out having a good time, and a few of us are working.
We no longer, by and large, expect to fall foul of witches. Thank the
electric light [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reinvention-night-0
[13]Sean Parker: Agent Of Disruption
Links:
13. http://b.rw/p69FoK
Steven Bertoni | Forbes | 21 September 2011
Enjoyable profile of Napster founder and Facebook president. He's "a human
accelerant, an idea catalyst who, when combined with the right people, has
fueled some of the most disruptive companies of the last two decades"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sean-parker-agent-disruption
[15]Could You Forgive The Man Who Shot You In The Face?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qwdt9o
Michael Mooney | D Magazine | 22 September 2011
Not an easy thing to imagine. But Rais Bhuiyan could and did. This is the
story of his attempt to stay the execution of his would-be killer. Why? “I
want to see him. I want to talk to him. I want to see that he is a human
being" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/could-you-forgive-man-who-shot-you-face
FiveBooks Interview
[17]David Spiegelhalter on Statistics and Risk
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-spiegelhalter-on-statistics-and-risk
Every statistic is the result of someone’s work, and we’d do well to ask
ourselves why it was created. That way, says the statistician, we have a
better chance of working out when dangers are being overstated and data
misused [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-spiegelhalter-on-statistics-and-risk
Featured Topic
[19]Palestine And The UN
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/palestine-and-un
The Palestinians are seeking enhanced status at the UN in a move aimed at
advancing their statehood ambitions. How will the process play out and what
are the implications for Palestinians, and for Israel? Read on to find out
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/palestine-and-un
Reader Recommendations
[21]@polit2k The great euro swindle | Peter Oborne and Frances Weaver -
Telegraph[22] t.co/iwOIiiKa @[23]Telegraph
#[24]gfc2 #[25]browsings [26]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://t.co/iwOIiiKa
23. http://twitter.com/Telegraph
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/le-temps-des-boni-by-denis-lalanne
[28]Le Temps des Boni by Denis Lalanne
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/le-temps-des-boni-by-denis-lalanne
[29]Richard Beard says: “ This book embodies the romantic French approach to
rugby. They have a tenderness for rugby that comes out in this book"
[30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-beard-on-rugby
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Netflix: The Animated Verson
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/netflix-animated-verson
From the people who brought you the Tiger Woods story, and many more since.
The've expanded into business journalism [32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Lori Fena, on privacy:
Links:
33. http://allthingsd.com/20110924/qotd-internet-anthropology
"Internet: Nobody knows you’re a dog. Facebook: Everyone knows you’re a
dog"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations