Newsletter 554
[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]Internet Regulation & The Economics Of Piracy
Links:
5. http://b.rw/zpFvNE
Julian Sanchez | Cato Institute | 18 January 2012
"No matter how bad last season's crops were, witch burnings are a poor
policy response." Outstanding essay questions effect of digital piracy, need
for government regulation. Conclusion? There is no dire, pressing threat to
industry [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/internet-regulation-economics-piracy
[7]Julian Assange Interview
Links:
7. http://b.rw/wsRVdV
Michael Hastings | Rolling Stone | 18 January 2012
Remember him? He's still under UK house arrest, a year after rape
allegations. Some think him "a sexual deviant with bad personal hygiene",
others an "embattled rebel commander". Either way, he's "isolated, broke and
vulnerable" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/julian-assange-interview
[9]The Battle Over Pakistan's Schools
Links:
9. http://b.rw/yAAFVv
Kamila Shamsie | Guernica | 16 January 2012
Excellent account of disastrously failing education system and an admirable
grassroots project with a big aim: To eliminate obscurantism that results in
social science textbooks extolling religious benefits of owning cows
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/battle-over-pakistans-schools
[11]The Secrets Apple Keeps
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wDVIyX
Adam Lashinsky | Fortune | 18 January 2012
Fascinating look at life inside Apple. "Outside, Apple is revered. Inside,
it is cultish." So obsessed with secrecy that many employees are hired
without even knowing what their roles will be. And that's just the start of
it [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secrets-apple-keeps
[13]Political Origins Of Hungary's Economic Crisis
Links:
13. http://b.rw/xqeIIX
Clemens Höges | Spiegel | 17 January 2012
Viktor Orban and his right-wing Fidesz party have rewritten Hungary's
constitution to entrench themselves in power. How did they get the chance?
Blame the outgoing Socialists, who ruined the economy and lied to the voters
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/political-origins-hungarys-economic-crisis
[15]Soccer's Heavy Boredom
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zexzf2
Brian Philips | Grantland | 17 January 2012
It's a difficult and fluid game. Which means long periods of nothing much,
interspersed with moments of awesome visual beauty. Americans see the first
and think it's dull. Many others see the second and go wild with excitement
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/soccers-heavy-boredom
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Rick Telander on American Football (and its Dark Side)
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
It’s America’s favourite sport – at its best, a wonderful, thrilling
spectacle; at its worst, legitimised violence exacting a terrible price on
players. The Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter takes us inside the game's dark
heart [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
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 RT @umairh: The definitive piece on SOPA from @maxwellelliot and
@jamesallworth. Don't miss. t.co/6SpB9CZL #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/fear-and-loathing-las-vegas-by-hunter-s-thompson
[23]Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/fear-and-loathing-las-vegas-by-hunter-s-thompson
[24]Matthew O'Brien says: “The book is more than a drug trip in Vegas –
it’s a eulogy for the countercuthelture of the 1960s and their American
dream of changing the world” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-o’brien-on-las-vegas
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Brief History Of Computing
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/brief-history-computing
And even then most of the action is in the last two seconds. Computer nerds
only, please. Others pass by [27]More videos
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Dominic Lawson, on government
Links:
28. http://www.editorialintelligence.com/ebulletin/viewonline.php
"If your policy is one of retrenchment and austerity, it is advisable to
come up with something other than economic growth as a measure of your
success"
[29]More quotes
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29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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