Newsletter 547
[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]Torturer's Apprentice
Links:
5. http://b.rw/z2pHIX
Cullen Murphy | Atlantic | 10 January 2012
Today's torture and interrogation techniques are remarkably similar to those
of the medieval Inquisition. Except Bush administration's threshold for when
an act of torture begins is point at which Inquisition said it must stop
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/torturers-apprentice
[7]This Is Generation Flux
Links:
7. http://b.rw/zYYpvK
Robert Safian | Fast Company | 9 January 2012
Outstanding piece on pioneers of chaotic disruption in business. "What
defines GenFlux is a mind-set that embraces instability, that tolerates –
and even enjoys – recalibrating careers, business models, and assumptions"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/generation-flux
[9]Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/wZB8Af
Vinod Khosla | TechCrunch | 10 January 2012
Silicon Valley legend bets on algorithms: "I doubt very much if within 15
years I won’t be able to ask Siri’s great great grandchild for an opinion
far more accurate than the one I get today from the average physician."
Here's why [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/do-we-need-doctors-or-algorithms
[11]Let's Talk About The Market Economy
Links:
11. http://b.rw/xxTXOV
John Kay | John Kay | 11 January 2012
Short, useful lesson in economic history. When we talk about capitalism
today what we often mean is the market economy. The two are not the same.
It's no longer about owning the means of production and exchange
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lets-talk-about-market-economy
[13]The Autumn Of Joan Didion
Links:
13. http://b.rw/w7bm6V
Caitlin Flanagan | Atlantic | 10 January 2012
Lovely essay on life, works of the popular author. "Didion’s genius is that
she understands what it is to be a girl on the cusp of womanhood, in that
fragile, fleeting, emotional time that she explored in a way no one else
ever has" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/autumn-joan-didion
[15]Ricky Gervais Would Like To Non-Apologize
Links:
15. http://b.rw/wT7Nbs
Dave Itzkoff | NYT | 11 January 2012
Smart, funny, belligerent, paranoid. And winningly rude, as at the Golden
Globes. "He has become the entertainment industry’s favorite irreverent
person, because he manages to be irreverent in such a deeply reverent way"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ricky-gervais-would-non-apologize
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-boettke-on-austrian-economics
The professor of economics discusses the contributions made by the Austrian
School. He introduces recent books by Austrians, explains what we can learn
from Mises and Hayek, and argues that economics is the sexiest subject
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-boettke-on-austrian-economics
Featured Special Report
[19]Putin's Russia
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
A disputed election, protests, accusations of being a mafia state. As
Vladimir Putin prepares to take back the presidency, what kind of country
does he lead? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k Simon Johnson: Could Huntsman and the Democrats Ally on Bank
Reform? | NYT t.co/G1cpcZok #browsings [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[22]Book of the Day
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/toba-tek-singh-by-saadat-hasan-manto
[23]Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/toba-tek-singh-by-saadat-hasan-manto
[24]Anatol Lieven says: “The signature story is a masterpiece of allegory…
about a lunatic asylum in India, which after partition ends up on the
Pakistani side of the border” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatol-lieven-on-understanding-pakistan
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Wilco, Nick Lowe and Mavis Staples
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/wilco-nick-lowe-and-mavis-staples-rehearse-weight
Rehearsing "The Weight", in Chicago. We're all rooting for someone here
[27]More videos
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Alan Bennett, on himself
Links:
28. http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/10/alan-bennett-on-‘smut’
"I always feel overappreciated but underestimated"
[29]More quotes
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29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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