Newsletter 532
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus FiveBooks
interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]The Big Lie
Links:
5. http://b.rw/tfYeSk
Michael Thomas | Newsweek | 26 December 2011
Wall St has fallen back on a lie as old as capitalism itself. "This time,
however, I don’t think the argument that 'Washington ate my homework' is
going to work. This time, a firestorm is going to explode about the
Street’s head" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/big-lie
[7]The Case For Enhancing People
Links:
7. http://b.rw/sRHVXi
Ronald Bailey | New Atlantis | 20 December 2011
Fascinating essay defends use of biotech, nanotech to enhance human
capabilities - physical, intellectual, emotional. "People who don’t want
enhancement for themselves should allow those of us who do to go forward
without hindrance" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/case-enhancing-people
[9]The Endless Obsession With What Might Be
Links:
9. http://b.rw/vaZIbu
John Gray | BBC | 26 December 2011
In Europe, we think of political, economic stability as the norm. But it's
not the norm, it's the exception. So what will it mean to live through a
period of discontinuity? Interesting essay that even avoids a dispiriting
conclusion [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/endless-obsession-what-might-be
[11]A Young Woman Struggles With Oxy Addiction
Links:
11. http://b.rw/u5FucC
Lane DeGregory | Tampa Bay Times | 16 December 2011
Powerful story of prescription drug addiction. "Stacy wanted what a lot of
addicts want: To get clean, but also to get high. To have her kids back, but
also to have no responsibility. She wanted to feel better and to feel
nothing" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/young-woman-struggles-oxy-addiction
[13]"Cities Are Making Us More Human"
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rUZdY7
Lars Mensel | European | 20 December 2011
Conversation with Edward Glaeser on urban societies. "The most important
thing cities do today is to allow the creation of new ideas. Chains of
collaborative brilliance have always been responsible for human kind’s
greatest hits" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cities-are-making-us-more-human
[15]Test Of Time
Links:
15. http://b.rw/uaylU9
Wright Thompson | ESPN | 25 December 2011
American sportswriter travels to England and the home of cricket, Lord's, to
consider quintessential form of the international game – the five-day Test
match. Superbly enjoyable piece for fans and novices alike [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/test-time
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Best of FiveBooks on Philosophy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philosophy-best-fivebooks
Puzzled by Plato? Depressed by Nietzsche? Wondering what it all means,
anyway? We pick five philosophy books from our archive to help you tackle
the big questions of morality, suffering and meaning in time for the new
year [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philosophy-best-fivebooks
Featured Special Report
[19]Sport's Violence Problem
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sports-violence-problem
Nobody wants to take away the thrill and drama of the NFL or NHL, but is
middle age dementia an acceptable price for ex-players to pay? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sports-violence-problem
Reader Recommendations
[21]Asklerando RT @[22]hrwaldram: Why Berlin is poised to be Europe’s new
tech hub [23]t.co/w3eSOpqM via @[24]MrsBunz #[25]goodreads [26]#browsings
[27]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/Asklerando
22. http://twitter.com/hrwaldram
23. http://gigaom.com/2011/12/27/why-berlin-is-poised-to-be-europes-new-tech-hub
24. http://twitter.com/MrsBunz
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#goodreads
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/all-devils-are-here-by-bethany-mclean-and-joe-nocera
[29]All The Devils Are Here by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/all-devils-are-here-by-bethany-mclean-and-joe-nocera
[30]John Gapper says: “They tie everything in the financial crisis together,
from the central banks at the top of the chain down to the subprime
borrowers at the bottom” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-gapper-on-financial-speculation
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/julianne-moore-sarah-palin
Meryl Streep was persuasive as Margaret Thatcher. But Julianne Moore comes
straight out of uncanny valley [33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Nicholson Baker, on life
Links:
34. http://www.amazon.com/Anthologist-Novel-Nicholson-Baker/dp/1416572449
"Spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie
and thinking only about the credits"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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