Newsletter 496
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus FiveBooks
interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]What Is Sony Now?
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5. http://b.rw/tRmP1u
Bryan Gruley & Cliff Edwards | Businessweek | 17 November 2011
“I honestly and truly thought I was going to have a year to remember. And I
did, but in the wrong way,” confesses Sony CEO Stringer, of 2011.
Fascinating on what's gone wrong at the electronics giant, and whether
things can improve [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-sony-now
[7]Haruki Murakami
Links:
7. http://b.rw/rtQn61
Nathan Heller | Slate | 16 November 2011
I'm working my way through Haruki Murakami's 1,000-page just-released novel,
IQ84. This is considered his "magnum opus". But the question remains: Is he
even a good writer? What is the secret to his success? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/haruki-murakami
[9]The Invincible Mrs Thatcher
Links:
9. http://b.rw/sprzYM
Charles Moore | Vanity Fair | 15 November 2011
Sympathetic biographer reassesses life and career of the Iron Lady. She
defined an era, never lost a national election (or war), divided the nation
like no other British prime minister. A partial account, but a good read
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/invincible-mrs-thatcher
[11]Salman Khan: The New Andrew Carnegie?
Links:
11. http://b.rw/rqN6ay
Annie Murphy Paul | Time | 16 November 2011
With college education costs going up 10x rate of inflation in past 40 years
(and 3x faster than healthcare costs) it's time we look for alternatives. Is
Salman Khan of Khan Academy the new Andrew Carnegie of higher education?
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/salman-khan-new-andrew-carnegie
[13]A Conspiracy Of Hogs: The McRib As Arbitrage
Links:
13. http://b.rw/she2Om
Willy Staley | The Awl | 8 November 2011
Why is the revolting McDonald's McRib periodically reintroduced, withdrawn
and reintroduced again? Does it have anything to do with fluctuating pork
prices? Are they playing a marketing trick on us? And what's it made of,
anyway? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/conspiracy-hogs-mcrib-arbitrage
[15]Fatima Hatun: A Renegade Woman
Links:
15. http://b.rw/sABdRG
Eric Dursteler | Berfrois | 18 November 2011
Born Beatrice Michiel, a Christian. Abandoned Venice for Ottoman capital,
where she joined a harem, converted to Islam. Her epic story illuminates our
understanding of gender and religious identity in the early modern
Mediterranean [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fatima-hatun-renegade-woman
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Daniel Hamermesh on Economics is Fun
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-hamermesh-on-economics-fun
Yes, really! Have you ever been “sexiled”? Or used game theory, without
realising it, to get someone to do the dishes? The economics professor
explains how his discipline creeps into all kinds of unlikely areas [18]Read
on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-hamermesh-on-economics-fun
Featured Topic
[19]Syria Revolts
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the authorities.
But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k Oversimplification & financial crime (Felix Salmon edition) |
John Hempton [22]t.co/q8k4NHqD #[23]gfc2 #[24]browsings @[25]felixsalmon
[26]More like this
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25. http://twitter.com/felixsalmon
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/life-little-known-planet-by-howard-ensign-evans
[28]Life on a Little Known Planet by Howard Ensign Evans
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/life-little-known-planet-by-howard-ensign-evans
[29]May Berenbaum says: “The book is a killer combination. It’s a wonderful
overview of how insects are important ecologically, scientifically and
culturally” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/may-berenbaum-on-bugs
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Experiments That Hint Of Longer Lives
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/experiments-hint-longer-lives
Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon explains latest scientific research on aging and
how we might one day extend human life itself
[32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Andy Borowitz channels Rick Perry
Links:
33. http://twitter.com/BorowitzReport/status/137266911309332480
"I would eliminate all the parts of government I can't remember"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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