Newsletter 583
[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 Doom Loop
Links:
5. http://b.rw/y7iWRa
Andrew Haldane | LRB | 16 February 2012
Masterful essay on history of equity, leverage, risk-taking incentives
in the banking system. From 19th century to present day. "In
evolutionary terms, we have had survival not of the fittest but the
fattest." It's time for change [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/doom-loop
[7]The Boy Who Played With Fusion
Links:
7. http://b.rw/xT2jmw
Tom Clynes | Pop Science | 14 February 2012
"Someone like him comes along maybe once in a generation. He’s not just
smart; he’s cool, articulate. I think he may be the most amazing kid
I’ve ever met." Indeed. For at the tender age of 14, Taylor Wilson
achieved nuclear fusion [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/boy-who-played-fusion
[9]How Companies Learn Your Secrets
Links:
9. http://b.rw/xZpzUY
Charles Duhigg | NYT | 16 February 2012
In-depth look at how retailers collect, analyse a myriad of customer
data and use it to maximise sales. “We’re living through a golden age
of behavioral research. It’s amazing how much we can figure out about
how people think now" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-companies-learn-your-secrets
[11]As Long As They Both Shall Live
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wEHzWF
Brian Mockenhaupt | Outside | 25 January 2012
Opposites attract? Not for Rex and Melissa. Two base jumping
adventurers who risk life and limb for fun. “Our lifestyles are so out
there, it’s hard to imagine finding someone else who would be OK with
that and understand it" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/long-they-both-shall-live
[13]Burden Of Proof: Should Evidence Determine Policy?
Links:
13. http://b.rw/xt6UfA
Richard Wilson | New Humanist | 9 January 2012
How did we miss this last month? Wonderful essay on potential for, and
issues with, evidence-based policy making. It certainly sounds better
than “policy-based evidence-making” but is it a practical goal? What's
the catch? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/burden-proof-should-evidence-determine-policy
[15]King Of Pain
Links:
15. http://b.rw/vZV4JF
Algis Valiunas | Claremont Institute | 10 February 2012
Fine, detailed evaluation of troubled life, and works of David Foster
Wallace. "With the benefit of time, it will be recognised that Wallace
had less in common with Eggers and Franzen than he did with Dostoevsky
and Joyce" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/king-pain
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Christina Romer on Learning from the Great Depression
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/christina-romer-on-learning-great-depression
The former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers says
we’ve learned that terrible downturns can still occur, but also that
the right policy response can make a huge difference to the outcome
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/christina-romer-on-learning-great-depression
Featured Special Report
[19]The Writing of Anthony Shadid
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/writing-anthony-shadid
A selection of recent despatches by Anthony Shadid (1968-2012), one of
the best reporters working in the Middle East in the past 10 years
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/writing-anthony-shadid
Reader Recommendations
@lookatluca Nice read on Shane Warne's endless second-last over
[21]t.co/qmlBQggV and a fine Oz website too @TheGlobalMail
[22]#browsings [23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/qmlBQggV
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/biggest-game-town-by-alvarez
[25]The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/biggest-game-town-by-alvarez
[26]Victoria Coren says: “Al was drawn to poker by the seedy romance. I
say to the younger generation that you should go out and see the world,
seduce beautiful women, read books, have a job and play poker as well”
[27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/victoria-coren-on-poker
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Hotel Bills And Hospital Bills
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/what-if-your-hotel-bill-was-hospital-bill
What if hotel bills were like (US) hospital bills. A good point well
made [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Oliver Burkeman, on law
Links:
30. http://twitter.com/oliverburkeman/status/167973111562637312
"If you'd rather not obey the same laws as everyone else, just make
sure your objection is labelled 'religious'"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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