Newsletter 499
[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]The Left-Behinds
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5. http://b.rw/uF8fvu
Michael Hirsh | National Journal | 21 November 2011
Today America struggles with record numbers of long-term unemployed and a
dwindling middle class. But this isn't a sudden effect of the financial
crisis – it's the result of three decades of short-sighted economic policy.
Here's why [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/left-behinds
[7]The News Forecast
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7. http://b.rw/rFfPDX
Tom Cheshire | Wired UK | 10 November 2011
Recorded Future's first investors were Google and the CIA. Their aim? To
make the future calculable, from politics to finance. No foreign policy
experts or traders, just statisticians and algorithms. Is this the future of
big data? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/news-forecast
[9]Why Our Brains Make Us Laugh
Links:
9. http://b.rw/v5UOSv
Chris Berdik | Boston Globe | 20 November 2011
Simple problem, long unanswered. But now three researchers, including
philosopher Daniel Dennett, have a theory: "A sense of humour is the lure
that keeps our brains alert for the gaps between our quick-fire assumptions
and reality" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-our-brains-make-us-laugh
[11]John Steinbeck's Bitter Fruit
Links:
11. http://b.rw/td7SFn
Melvyn Bragg | Guardian | 21 November 2011
On the legacy of "Grapes of Wrath" author. "Once again, the protests have
started up, as Americans scan their continent for work. As in the 1930s,
there is a powerful feeling that the promised land promises nothing, not
even hope" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/john-steinbecks-bitter-fruit
[13]How China Can Defeat America
Links:
13. http://b.rw/sdJ8N4
Yan Xuetong | IHT | 20 November 2011
China wants world leadership. So does America. Zero-sum game will be decided
by economic and diplomatic conflict, more than war. To win, China must show
superior moral power, reviving ancient notion of "humane authority"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-china-can-defeat-america
[15]An Incredible Offer—But Wait, There’s More
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15. http://b.rw/tPN5Tx
Anonymous | Farnam Street | 21 November 2011
Secrets of late-night TV infomercials. They're on late, because that's when
defences are weakest. Bundling items with free offers, bonuses and rewards
blurs any sense of price. Always say "when you call", not "if you call"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/incredible-offer—-wait-there’s-more
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Adam Roberts on Science Fiction Classics
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/adam-roberts-on-science-fiction-classics
The best sci-fi explores humanity’s anxieties and concerns and is in some
sense about the future. But it doesn’t try to predict what’s to come. The
literature professor and sci-fi writer recommends five classics of the genre
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/adam-roberts-on-science-fiction-classics
Featured Topic
[19]Epic Adventures
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Extreme tourism, unwise adventure and plain bad luck. Enjoy it all from the
comfort of your armchair [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Reader Recommendations
_@_[21]polit2k Boring, Cruel Euro Romantics | Paul Krugman |
NYT [22]t.co/rE8lcgl1 #[23]gfc2 [24]#browsings [25]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/opinion/boring-cruel-euro-romantics.html?_r=1&src=tp
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/garden-finzi-continis-by-giorgio-bassani
[27]The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/garden-finzi-continis-by-giorgio-bassani
[28]Tim Parks says: “It’s about a desire to possess the whole world in your
house and garden and to control it all without having to be exposed to the
outside world”[29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-parks-on-italian-fiction
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]All Japan Micromouse Content
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/all-japan-micromouse-content
The exploration round. See how quickly it gets back, once it has the maze
mapped [31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Martin Amis, on Don DeLillo
Links:
32. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/11/21/111121crbo_books_amis
"When we say that we love a writer’s work, we are always stretching the
truth: what we really mean is that we love about half of it"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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