Newsletter 511
[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]Debt And Democracy – Has The Link Been Broken?
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5. http://b.rw/uwKfHi
Michael Hudson | Naked Capitalism | 2 December 2011
International finance is a "new mode of warfare. Its objective is the same
as military conquest in times past: To appropriate land and mineral
resources, communal infrastructure and extract tribute." Fine essay on debt,
democracy [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/debt-and-democracy-has-link-been-broken
[7]How To Dispel Your Illusions
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7. http://b.rw/uF0KRY
Freeman Dyson | NYRB | 2 December 2011
Freeman Dyson on Daniel Kahneman and cognitive illusion. In brief, how we
too often persuade ourselves that we are right, by ignoring evidence that we
are wrong [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-dispel-your-illusions
[9]Outrage! Outrage! Oh, Let Me Be Outraged!
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9. http://b.rw/uOevWA
Kenan Malik | Pandaemonium | 2 December 2011
Everyone wants to feel offended these days. And, if you don't, the
authorities – from police to trade union bureaucrats – will try to make you.
Lovely (short) blogpost commenting on three incidents of the past few days
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/outrage-outrage-oh-let-me-be-outraged
[11]Jews, Christians And Judaeo-Christians
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11. http://b.rw/szo9fI
Geza Vermes | Standpoint | 1 December 2011
"The expression 'Jewish Christian', made up of two seemingly contradictory
concepts, must strike readers not trained in theology or religious history
as an oxymoron." But it isn't. Here is the full story of Judaeo-Christianity
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jews-christians-and-judaeo-christians
[13]Seer Of The Mirror World
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13. http://b.rw/tSnbcF
Anonymous | Economist | 3 December 2011
Profile of David Gelernter, professor of computer science, victim of
Unabomber, prophet of social networks. Imagined Facebook in 1991, pretty
much invented it in 1997, but his investors wanted corporate clients, not
individuals [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/seer-mirror-world
[15]Epiphany In Etwall
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15. http://b.rw/sMWQNQ
Dominic Hilton | New Humanist | 19 November 2011
Anglican gets engaged to atheist. Confesses belief to fiancée's friends. "I
may as well have said, 'Hi, my name's Dominic, and I'm a polygamist.'" To
explain appeal of religion drags fiancée to a christening. It doesn't go
well [16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/epiphany-etwall
FiveBooks Interview
[17]David Lammy on Context of the UK Riots
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lammy-on-context-uk-riots
We're richer and freer as a society than we used to be but it's now clear
there are downsides too. The MP for Tottenham, where the riots began, says
we've created a hyper-individualistic culture and explains how we must
change it [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lammy-on-context-uk-riots
Featured Special Report
[19]Syria Revolts
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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 Welcome to the living dead economy | Larry Elliott | The
Guardian [22]t.co/7rT5ox1H @[23]guardian #[24]browsings[25]More like this
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25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/empire-project-by-john-darwin
[27]The Empire Project by John Darwin
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/empire-project-by-john-darwin
[28]David Cannadine says: “This is an extraordinary panoramic tour de force.
Darwin stresses that the Empire was a varied, in some ways chaotic and
contingent, construction” [29]FiveBooks Archive
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28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-cannadine-on-british-empire
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]I Believe I Can Fly
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/i-believe-i-can-fly
As Chris Blattman says: "I think this needs a DSM-IV entry" [31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Charles Nevin, on genetics
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32. http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/arts/charles-nevin/john-lloyds-whim-iron
"A potato has two more chromosomes than a person and the same number as a
gorilla"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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