Newsletter 614
[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]What To Do About Inequality
Links:
5. http://b.rw/Gzn6WX
David Grusky | Boston Review | 19 March 2012
Tax reform alone isn't enough. "The institutions that determine
compensation are deeply distorted by the visible hand of entrenched and
powerful interests. We ought to address this distortion directly
through institutional repair" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-do-about-inequality
[7]China’s Falling Star
Links:
7. http://b.rw/GAlUzQ
Ian Johnson | NYRB | 19 March 2012
On the misfortunes of Bo Xilai, ousted last week as party boss of
Chongqing. Rose on a famous father's coat-tails. Pushed too hard for a
seat on the Politburo Standing Committee. Irritated his elders. Taken
down a peg [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/china’s-falling-star
[9]The Fable Of The Dragon-Tyrant
Links:
9. http://b.rw/FPOkFy
Nick Bostrom | Philosophy Now | 17 March 2012
Oxford University philosophy professor provides a provocative parable
about death, and the moral compulsion for humans to use every
scientific means at our disposal to combat the effects of ageing and
maximise our "health-span" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fable-dragon-tyrant
[11]The Evolution Of Death
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wRF3ru
Dick Teresi | Salon | 18 March 2012
"Most of us would agree that King Tut and other mummified ancient
Egyptians are dead, and that you and I are alive. Somewhere in between
these two states lies the moment of death. But where is that?" It's
surprisingly tricky to tell [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolution-death
[13]Slavery's Last Stronghold
Links:
13. http://b.rw/yRYBc2
John Sutter | CNN | 17 March 2012
It was not until 2007 that owning another person became a criminal
offence in Mauritania. Even now an estimated 20% of the population are
in "real slavery". Here is an astonishing, at times upsetting, report
from the African state [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/slaverys-last-stronghold
[15]K2: Danger And Desire On The Savage Mountain
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zpsEPw
Chip Brown | National Geographic | 19 March 2012
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner was trying to become the first woman to climb
all 14 peaks more than 8,000 meters high, without supplemental oxygen.
K2 would be her ultimate challenge. One climber has died for every four
who’ve conquered it [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/k2-climb
FiveBooks Interview
[17]John Carlin on Understanding Mandela and South Africa
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-carlin-on-understanding-mandela-and-south-africa
Nelson Mandela was a most unusual, and unusually astute, leader, says
John Carlin. He used forgiveness as a political tool, in so doing
ensuring that South Africa avoided what could have been a bloodbath
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-carlin-on-understanding-mandela-and-south-africa
Featured Special Report
[19]Israel and Iran
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/israel-and-iran
Will Israel bomb Iran? What is it telling the US, and what will
Washington do? And where does Iran stand? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/israel-and-iran
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k RT @[22]TimHarford: Which is the world's biggest
employer? [23]t.co/a8RNBFrR [24]#browsings [25]More like this
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21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://twitter.com/TimHarford
23. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17429786?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/march-folly-by-barbara-w-tuchman
[27]The March of Folly by Barbara W Tuchman
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/march-folly-by-barbara-w-tuchman
[28]Tim Weiner says: “This is one of the greatest books ever written.
The course of world events is determined less by conspiracies than it
is by stupidity” [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-weiner-on-us-intelligence-services
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Colouring Bach
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/colouring-bach
Pianist and synesthete Evan Shinners experiences sound in colour. This
is what goes through his head when he performs Bach
[31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Daniel Kahneman, on optimism
Links:
32. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=opting-out-of-overoptimism
“Most of us view the world as more benign than it really is, our own
attributes as more favorable than they truly are, and the goals we
adopt as more achievable than they are likely to be”
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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