Newsletter 518
[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 Dark Side Of Creativity
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5. http://b.rw/uXObt2
Scott Kaufman | Huffington Post | 9 December 2011
Fascinating review of some recent psychological research lays bare an
awkward trend: Creative individuals are those most likely to be dishonest.
Indeed "creativity was a better predictor of dishonesty than intelligence"
[6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dark-side-creativity
[7]The Inevitable Rise Of Egypt's Islamists
Links:
7. http://b.rw/s1QnNq
Thanassis Cambanis | Atlantic | 8 December 2011
Post-Mubarak Egypt hasn't turned into a battle between religious and secular
parties, as some predicted. It's Islamists vs the military and,
increasingly, Islamist (Muslim Brotherhood) vs Islamist (Salafist). Good
sit-rep [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inevitable-rise-egypts-islamists
[9]Breaking Out Of Our Righteous Minds
Links:
9. http://b.rw/tPZIsJ
Samuel McNerney | Scientific American | 8 December 2011
On Jonathan Haidt and new book The Righteous Mind, in which he applies moral
psychology to explain political divisions. Interesting on nature of
morality, why valuing both conservative and liberal principles makes
societies flourish [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/breaking-out-our-righteous-minds
[11]The Bitch, The Stud And The Prawn
Links:
11. http://b.rw/vgs2N0
Adam Curtis | BBC | 8 December 2011
Another terrifically enjoyable piece by documentary maker, illustrated with
video clips. Tells story of "geezer capitalism" through rise and fall of
gangster-turned-businessman, George Walker. Sardonic humour much in evidence
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bitch-stud-and-prawn
[13]Australian Exceptionalism
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13. http://b.rw/uomP9c
Scott Steele | Pollytics | 8 December 2011
Enough of the modesty, Australia. You're doing well. "Over the medium term
our broader economic performance has been nothing short of astonishing. The
income of our poor grew faster than the income of everyone else’s rich"
[14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/australian-exceptionalism
[15]Emperor Wang Mang: China’s First Socialist?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/uiVmLw
Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 9 December 2011
Seized throne in 9 AD, probably by murdering infant ruler. Sole emperor of
Xin dynasty. Invented form of social security, redistributed land equally,
started income tax. Provoked devastating civil war. Died horrible death
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/emperor-wang-mang-china’s-first-socialist
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Anna Reid on the Siege of Leningrad
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anna-reid-on-siege-leningrad
Glorified by Russia, glossed over by the West, the siege of Leningrad is
rarely seen for what it was – a tragic story of tremendous suffering and
death. The author of a new book on the subject tells us what really happened
there [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anna-reid-on-siege-leningrad
Featured Special Report
[19]Climate Change
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/climate-change
Want to know how our planet is faring? Access the definitive reading list on
climate change, as recommended by Jonathan Porritt and others, and read
articles that will get you past the smoke and mirrors of Climategate
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/climate-change
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k Could David Cameron have done anything other than walk away
from a new EU treaty? @[22]TheEconomist [23]t.co/1IbHxr08
#[24]browsings #[25]eurocrisis [26]More like this
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25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#eurocrisis
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/old-hotel-by-joseph-mitchell-0
[28]Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/old-hotel-by-joseph-mitchell-0
[29]Mike Dash says: “For 30 to 40 years he wrote about all the people on the
margins of society in New York. But he did this in such a humane way, it’s
just wonderful” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mike-dash-on-hidden-history
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Dolphin Jetpack
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/dolphin-jetpack
Swimming with dolphins: Priceless. Swimming like a dolphin: €4,200 [32]More
videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Scott Adams, on timing
Links:
33. http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/best_work
"Your best work involves timing. If someone wrote the best hip hop song of
all time in the Middle Ages, he had bad timing"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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