Newsletter 573
[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]Zap Your Brain Into The Zone
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5. http://b.rw/wKqbHH
Sally Adee | New Scientist | 6 February 2012
Journalist tries virtual reality weapons training: "I am failing
miserably. I'm so demoralised that I'm tempted to put down the rifle
and leave." But then they bring out the electrodes, and wire her brain
to a nine-volt battery [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/zap-your-brain-zone
[7]Willard Mitt Romney
Links:
7. http://b.rw/z55obA
Michael Tomasky | NYRB | 2 February 2012
Two new books fill in biographical detail about the man lurching to the
right in an attempt to win the Republican nomination. Some comparisons
with his father, George, are in order; and Mitt comes up dramatically
short [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/willard-mitt-romney
[9]18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque,
and 1 Man Dead in Ohio
Links:
9. http://b.rw/zyS8VN
Chris Heath | GQ | 6 February 2012
"Deputy Jonathan Merry was two hours into his shift in Zanesville when
the call came through about a lion and a bear on the loose." When he
arrived on scene he found a tiger, a black bear, two lionesses. And
then it got weirder [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/18-tigers-17-lions-8-bears-3-cougars-2-wolves-1-baboon-1-macaque-and-1-man-dead-ohio
[11]The Death Of The American Dream In Afghanistan
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11. http://b.rw/ACxedI
Patrick Cockburn | Independent | 5 February 2012
Excellent assessment of American decade in Afghanistan. US overplayed
its hand; underestimated extent to which occupation generates
resistance. The Taliban are now back in business, not so much liked as
Afghan government is loathed [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/death-american-dream-afghanistan
[13]Spinoza’s Vision Of Freedom, And Ours
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13. http://b.rw/y2BHw5
Steven Nadler | NYT | 5 February 2012
"Well before John Stuart Mill, Spinoza had the acuity to recognize that
the unfettered freedom of expression is in the state’s own best
interest." And in our post 9/11 world, there is every reason to revisit
the Dutch philosopher [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/spinoza’s-vision-freedom-and-ours
[15]Why French Parents Are Superior
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zX8OyJ
Pamela Druckerman | WSJ | 4 February 2012
Fed up with temper tantrums and messy mealtimes? French-style parenting
may offer some pointers. It's all about teaching children patience,
delayed gratification and how to play happily among themselves
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-french-parents-are-superior
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Jonathan Gruber on Public Finance
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-gruber-on-public-finance
A key figure behind the Massachusetts and Obama healthcare reforms
tells us about the purpose and uses of public finance economics, and
explains how Romneycare and Obamacare are both different and alike
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-gruber-on-public-finance
Featured Special Report
[19]Drone Warfare
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/drone-warfare
Should we worry about war conducted by remote control? Are there
ethical considerations? Will we become accustomed to unmanned warfare
in the future? What if a hacker took control of an army? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/drone-warfare
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k Are Credit Ratings Massively Overrated? | Olaf Storbeck
[22]t.co/GYjEeiRT #[23]gfc2 [24]#browsings @[25]OlafStorbeck via
@[26]nachrichtenlos[27]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://economicsintelligence.com/2012/02/07/are-credit-ratings-massively-overrated
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24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
25. http://twitter.com/OlafStorbeck
26. http://twitter.com/nachrichtenlos
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/our-lady-flowers-by-jean-genet
[29]Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/our-lady-flowers-by-jean-genet
[30]Edmund White says: “He wrote most of it in prison. The dialogue is
very raw but the narration is very elegant and elevated. So there’s a
kind of contrast between the two” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edmund-white-on-gay-fiction
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]The Strangest Village In Britain
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/strangest-village-britain
2005 documentary looks at social experiment of Botton, half of whose
inhabitants have learning difficulties
[33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Leon Wieseltier, on browsing
Links:
34. http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/02/finding-exactly-what-you-werent-looking-for.html
"When you search, you find what you were looking for; when you
browse, you find what you were not looking for"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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