Newsletter 590
[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]Mitt Romney's Box Of Kryptonite
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5. http://b.rw/zcyXyJ
Paul Barrett | Businessweek | 24 February 2012
In 1995 Randy Johnson lost his job when Bain Capital restructured the
firm he worked at. For which, he blames Romney – fairly or not. This is
the story of Ampad, and why Johnson still works tirelessly to derail
Romney's campaign [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mitt-romneys-box-kryptonite
[7]Hollywood's Vial Bodies
Links:
7. http://b.rw/wUjVxT
Ned Zeman | Vanity Fair | 24 February 2012
Not quite as ripped and vigorous as you used to be? Sale of HGH, or
human growth hormone, is now big business in Hollywood. In 10 years'
time, it will be over-the-counter, says regular user Sylvester
Stallone. Should it be? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/hollywoods-vial-bodies
[9]Brain In A Box
Links:
9. http://b.rw/At5kPD
Mitchell Waldrop | Nature | 22 February 2012
One billion euros for a brain in a box? Henry Markram's ready to build
it, he just needs funding. His plan? To model the entire human brain on
a computer. Highly ambitious, and many are sceptical. But would it be a
waste of money? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/computer-modelling
[11]Warren Buffett: Baptist And Bootlegger
Links:
11. http://b.rw/y8FnC7
Peter Schweizer | Reason | 9 February 2012
"Buffett is very much a political entrepreneur; his best investments
are often in political relationships. In recent years, he has used
taxpayer money as a vehicle to even greater profit and wealth." Is this
smart or unscrupulous? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/warren-buffett-baptist-and-bootlegger
[13]The Secret Life Of Bees
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13. http://b.rw/ylZjD0
Carl Zimmer | Smithsonian | 22 February 2012
How do thousands of individually chaotic bees come together to produce
swarm intelligence and make collective decisions? Tom Seeley thinks he
knows. And even thinks honeybees show us the best way to plan our own
societies [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-life-bees
[15]Seminar On David Graeber’s Debt: Introduction
Links:
15. http://b.rw/AASasr
Chris Bertram | Crooked Timber | 22 February 2012
"Debt: The First 5,000 Years" is brilliant but daunting. Starts in
social anthropology, advances across economics and finance, law,
history, classics, sociology, history of ideas. You probably need some
readers' notes. Here they are [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/seminar-david-graeber’s-debt-introduction
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Edith Grossman on Translation
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edith-grossman-on-translation
The award-winning literary translator discusses books on and of
translation that inspired her, and considers the trade-off between
fidelity and meaning that every translator faces [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edith-grossman-on-translation
Featured Special Report
[19]Syria Revolts
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the
authorities. But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
@trumanfactor RT @TheAtlantic: Why do mediocre workers keep getting
promoted? The economics of failing up: [21]t.co/JLocZZ5x #browsings -
via @polit2k [22]#browsings [23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/JLocZZ5x
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/theodor-herzl-by-jacques-kornberg
[25]Theodor Herzl by Jacques Kornberg
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25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/theodor-herzl-by-jacques-kornberg
[26]Gabriel Piterberg says: “This is the best understanding of Herzl’s
emotional, mental, intellectual and political make-up, accompanied by a
subtle awareness of the historical context” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gabriel-piterberg-on-zionism-and-anti-zionism
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]The Flying Men Of Yungas Valley
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/flying-men-yungas-valley
Coca harvesters in Bolivia. Terrifying
[29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]John Kay, on government
Links:
30. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e29902da-5bb8-11e1-a447-00144feabdc0.html
"The very power that makes government an effective enforcer of the
commitments of other people renders it incapable of enforcing its
own promises"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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