Newsletter 582
[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]The Shadow Web
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5. http://b.rw/wc4JzY
Julian Dibbell | Scientific American | 15 February 2012
“The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” At
least that was the theory. But in reality it took just five phone calls
to cut off 80m Egyptians. Which begs the question: Can we make an
unkillable Internet? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/shadow-web
[7]Rhino Wars
Links:
7. http://b.rw/zyIJ1y
Peter Gwin | National Geographic | 15 February 2012
"Damien, a hard-muscled former Australian Special Forces sniper with an
imposing menagerie of tattoos, including 'Seek & Destroy' in gothic
lettering across his chest, swiveled his head." Poachers beware
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rhino-wars
[9]Mario Monti And Italy's Generational Crisis
Links:
9. http://b.rw/weoGUW
Mark Gilbert | Foreign Affairs | 14 February 2012
Sharp analysis of Italian politics, economy. And of course Super Mario.
Three months in and all looks relatively rosy. But technocrats can't
govern forever. Will his programme of reform survive the next election?
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mario-monti-and-italys-generational-crisis
[11]The Roots Of State Education: The Spartan Model
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ysQtz0
George Smith | Libertarianism | 14 February 2012
"Athens, with its brilliant intellectual and cultural achievements,
enjoyed a free market in education. Sparta, an intellectual and
cultural wasteland, was dominated by a system of state education." One
which was to influence many [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/roots-state-education-spartan-model
[13]Nuclear Truckers: Warheads On 18 Wheels
Links:
13. http://b.rw/xUu8r1
Adam Weinstein | Mother Jones | 15 February 2012
Office of Secure Transportation manages fleets of trucks moving nuclear
weapons and nuclear waste around America on public highways. Drivers
are mostly ex-special forces, authorised to use lethal force. So don't
cut them up [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nuclear-truckers-warheads-18-wheels
[15]Kim Dotcom, Pirate King
Links:
15. http://b.rw/xc6OqK
Bryan Gruley, David Fickling & Cornelius Rahn | Businessweek | 16
February 2012
No doubt you recall Mr Dotcom, playboy hacker and founder of file
sharing website Megaupload. But is he really a criminal mastermind? Or
just a scapegoat for a government determined to clamp down on copyright
infringement? [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/kim-dotcom-pirate-king
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Tess Gerritsen on Favourite Thrillers
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tess-gerritsen-on-favourite-thrillers
The bestselling author says a good thriller isn't about the violence or
bloodshed; it's about making the reader feel off-balance and as if
something isn’t quite right. She tells us about books that grab you and
don't let go [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tess-gerritsen-on-favourite-thrillers
Featured Special Report
[19]American Prisons
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/american-prisons
An epidemic of incarceration. A prison system that provides neither
retributive justice nor rehabilitation. Is this America's moral
catastrophe? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/american-prisons
Reader Recommendations
@[21]nuzav Greece is broken, and can't be fixed - Felix
Salmon [22]t.co/CZgPPi8R #[23]Browsings
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21. http://twitter.com/nuzav
22. http://t.co/CZgPPi8R
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Browsings
[24]More like this
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24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/year-amongst-persians-by-edward-g-browne
[26]A Year Amongst the Persians by Edward G Browne
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/year-amongst-persians-by-edward-g-browne
[27]Tim Mackintosh-Smith says: “The bit that I love the most is when he
gets in with these dervishes. He talks about being intoxicated by opium
smoke and mysticism” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-mackintosh-smith-on-travelling-muslim-world
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]You Tube Interventions
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/you-tube-interventions
Harnessing the power of human stupidity to save endangered animals
[30]More videos
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Michael Gazzaniga, on complex systems
Links:
31. http://bigthink.com/ideas/42384
"We can study cars and all their physical relationships and know
exactly how they work. It in no way prepares us to understand
traffic"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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