Newsletter 523
[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 Overjustification Effect
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5. http://b.rw/uMOkbT
Anonymous | You Are Not So Smart | 14 December 2011
Superb essay on money, happiness. "No matter how you turn it, the science
says once your basic needs are taken care of, money and other rewards don’t
make you happier." If you think differently, you're deluding yourself.
Here's why [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/overjustification-effect
[7]Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
Links:
7. http://b.rw/v5RX8k
Christopher Buckley | New Yorker | 16 December 2011
Personal recollections of the brilliant essayist and debater by one of his
best friends. "Lunch began at 1pm and ended at 11.30pm. At about nine
o'clock, he said, 'Should we order more _food_?'" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/postscript-christopher-hitchens-1949-2011
[9]How Does The Brain Perceive Art?
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9. http://b.rw/uQHf1z
Jonah Lehrer | Frontal Cortex | 14 December 2011
Recent research throws some light on how the brain makes aesthetic
judgements, on art or even wine. We presume our appreciation of an object is
determined by its innate qualities. But in reality there are many more
factors at play [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-does-brain-perceive-art
[11]Person Of The Year: The Protester
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11. http://b.rw/roUgoR
Kurt Andersen et al | Time | 14 December 2011
It began in Tunisia in December 2010. "My son set himself on fire for
dignity," says Mannoubia Bouazizi. If only that frustrated and despairing
young man, Mohamed Bouazizi, knew what his action had helped inspire
[12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/person-year-protester
[13]Indie Rock Virtues
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13. http://b.rw/rTx8oW
Richard Marshall | 3AM Magazine | 12 December 2011
Interview with philosopher Josh Knobe: "I don’t see experimental philosophy
as a break from philosophical tradition; it’s rather that recent philosophy
has been untypical of what philosophy has been like for most of its history"
[14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/indie-rock-virtues
[15]The Secret City
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15. http://b.rw/u12xwA
Tony Perrottet | Slate | 11 December 2011
Writer blags entry to Vatican’s pornographic bathroom, La Stufetta del
cardinal Bibbiena. Decorated in 1516 by Raphael with series of erotic
frescos, including a "randy goat-god Pan leaping from the bushes with a
monstrous erection" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-city
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Lev Grossman on Fantasy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
We're living through a golden age for fantasy fiction, says the author of
_The Magicians_. He tells us what makes for a good fantasy novel, and who's
staking out the future not just of fantasy but of fiction itself [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lev-grossman-on-fantasy
Featured Special Report
[19]Christopher Hitchens
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/christopher-hitchens-0
Remembering the superlative essayist, polemicist and debater [20]Read on
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20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/christopher-hitchens-0
Reader Recommendations
_@obitmag #browsings #somethingtoread #longreads_ The Celluloid Coffin: The
movies’ Top 10 greatest death scenes [21]t.co/Q4Te9DU9[22]More like this
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21. http://t.co/Q4Te9DU9
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[23]Book of the Day
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23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/interpreting-french-revolution-by-françois-furet
[24]Interpreting the French Revolution by François Furet
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/interpreting-french-revolution-by-françois-furet
[25]Lynn Hunt says: “Furet’s book had a staggering impact on the way
historians viewed the French Revolution because he was an extremely
effective polemicist” [26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lynn-hunt-on-french-revolution
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[27]Nobel Peace Prize Winner Interview
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/nobel-peace-prize-winner-interview
Tawakkul Karman on Channel 4 News
[28]More videos
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28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[29]Christopher Hitchens, on Jerry Falwell
Links:
29. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-s-best-zingers-from-sarah-palin-to-barack-obama.html
“If he'd been given an enema, he could have been buried in a matchbox”
[30]More quotes
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30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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