Newsletter 562
[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]Mega-Man
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5. http://b.rw/AbHvth
Sean Gallagher | Ars Technica | 25 January 2012
Barely believable story of Kim Dotcom, self-styled "Dr Evil" of file
sharing, and CEO of illegal website Megaupload. Born Kim Schmitz in
Germany, this is how he went from hacker to insider trader, playboy,
master internet fraudster [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mega-man
[7]The Long Goodbye
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7. http://b.rw/waSuCL
Doug Monroe | Atlanta Magazine | 1 January 2012
"We thought Daddy was going to die in 2001." We put him in a hospice.
Eleven heartbreaking and expensive years later he was still being
diapered and spoonfed. The triumph of American healthcare: Immortality
that nobody can afford [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/long-goodbye
[9]How Much Is An Astronaut’s Life Worth?
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9. http://b.rw/xYJ9lT
Robert Zubrin | Reason | 26 January 2012
On future of space exploration. "We have to find a way to strike a
balance between human life and mission accomplishment. We need a
quantitative criterion to assess what constitutes a rational
expenditure to avert astronaut risk" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-much-astronaut’s-life-worth
[11]How To Save The Euro
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11. http://b.rw/yzm988
George Soros | NYRB | 25 January 2012
Soros likens solution to being in a skidding car: First, steer in
direction of skid (impose discipline on deficit countries, carry out
structural reforms). Once control is regained, correct the direction
(apply stimulus) [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-save-euro-0
[13]Inside The Heresy Files
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13. http://b.rw/ySO7Nb
Cullen Murphy | New Humanist | 23 January 2012
Revisiting history of the Inquisition suggests troubling conclusion:
"Inquisitions advance hand-in-hand with civilisation itself." Indeed
the Inquisition can be seen not as historic relic but as harbinger of
the modern police state [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-heresy-files
[15]Mercenary Techie Troubleshoots For Drug Dealers
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zjWBhc
Adrian Chen | Gawker | 25 January 2012
You want to boost your bar's listing on Foursquare? Martin can help.
You want to bury a nasty article deep in Google's search results? That
too. You want to set up your drug ring with untraceable cellphones?
Martin again [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mercenary-techie-troubleshoots-drug-dealers
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Francis Fukuyama on the Financial Crisis
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/francis-fukuyama-on-financial-crisis
The author of "The End of History" says the financial crisis revealed a
great deal about the nature of America’s political and economic system.
The shame, he says, is that opportunities to change it are now being
ignored [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/francis-fukuyama-on-financial-crisis
Featured Special Report
[19]The New Islamists
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/new-islamists
The Arab Spring has created opportunities for the region's Islamist
movements. How will they behave once in, or near, power? [20]Read on
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20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/new-islamists
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k How The Glock Became America's Weapon Of Choice
[21]t.co/JV3rrReY via @nprbooks [22]#browsings [23]More like this
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Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/homage-catalonia-by-george-orwell
[25]Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/homage-catalonia-by-george-orwell
[26]Timothy Snyder says: “In this book you can see a man of the Left
learning to make the distinction that breaks down the Left with a big L
into lots of little lefts” [27]FiveBooks Archive
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26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/timothy-snyder-on-dissent
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Microwaves Ruin Everything
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28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/microwaves-ruin-everything
I know what you're thinking. Why no pets? [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Scott Adams, on fairness
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30. http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/who_benefits_more
"Fairness is a concept invented so dumb people could participate in
arguments"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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