Newsletter 631
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
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[5]Why Humans, Like Ants, Need A Tribe
Links:
5. http://b.rw/HOycrd
EO Wilson | Newsweek | 1 April 2012
On tribalism, both our greatest and most dangerous genetic inheritance.
"It is an uncomfortable fact that even when given a guilt-free choice,
individuals prefer the company of others of the same race, nation,
clan, and religion" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-humans-ants-need-tribe
[7]Welcome To Ikea-Land
Links:
7. http://b.rw/HbvgFl
Doug Saunders | Globe & Mail | 1 April 2012
It seems Ikea isn't satisfied with having redesigned the retail store.
Now it's out to build whole new urban neighbourhoods. The first is in a
derelict area of London. Houses will come pre-assembled. Billy
bookshelves optional [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/welcome-ikea-land
[9]Jack Outside The Box
Links:
9. http://b.rw/HW6WTK
Josh Eells | NYT | 5 April 2012
He was born John Anthony Gillis, the 10th of 10 children. The business
cards on his desk read: John A. White III, D.D.S. — Accidentist and
Occidental Archaeologist. But you'll know him as Jack White, once of
the White Stripes [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jack-outside-box
[11]Export-Oriented America
Links:
11. http://b.rw/HjNLEW
Tyler Cowen | American Interest | 2 April 2012
Why America will bounce back as world's top exporter. It leads in
computing and AI. It has cheap energy from shale oil and gas. And, as
China and other poor countries get rich, they want more of the things
America makes [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/export-oriented-america
[13]My Kasual Kountry Weekend With The Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
Links:
13. http://b.rw/HU5WCi
Hamilton Nolan | Gawker | 3 April 2012
Past Harrison, Arkansas; over the railroad tracks, through a creek, and
up a steep, rocky driveway. "Welcome to the national headquarters of
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. I hope you're white" (h/t @evaholland)
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-kasual-kountry-weekend-knights-ku-klux-klan
[15]The Man Who Fell To Earth
Links:
15. http://b.rw/HNxUAE
Giles Milton | Surviving History | 3 April 2012
In the 1960s the US air force was growing increasingly concerned about
the safety of pilots forced to eject at high altitude. So it sent one
man up 19 miles above the earth to free-fall down. To see if it could
be done [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/man-who-fell-earth
FiveBooks Interview
[17]AC Grayling on Being Good
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ac-grayling-on-being-good
What does a moral life entail? How does one achieve it? AC Grayling
looks at the classics of philosophy for the answers, and says that it
is the striving for goodness and self-improvement itself that is the
key to living well [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ac-grayling-on-being-good
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
@rszbt Only time w/ tell whether this will bear fruit: MT @polit2k: The
economics spring, Daniel Gay [21]t.co/qYUIfU36 #browsings ht
@Ian_Fraser[22]More like this
Links:
21. http://t.co/qYUIfU36
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[23]Book of the Day
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/journals-james-boswell-by-james-boswell
[24]The Journals of James Boswell by James Boswell
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/journals-james-boswell-by-james-boswell
[25]Faramerz Dabhoiwala says: “His diaries give us a first-hand view of
the sex life of an 18th century gentleman with a rather powerful sex
drive. That in itself is fascinating” [26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/faramerz-dabhoiwala-on-18th-century-sexual-revolution
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[27]Disenfranchised in America
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/disenfranchised-america
'If we continue to remain silent, we're going to lose our rights'
[28]More videos
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[29]Andrew Sullivan, on Barack Obama
Links:
29. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andrewsullivan/rApM/~3/Loj01BotpRw/the-rig.html
"I correctly gauged the American public's willingness to elect a
biracial president. I drastically over-rated their willingness to be
governed by one"
[30]More quotes
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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