Newsletter 662
[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]What The Greek Election Tells Us About Europe
Links:
5. http://b.rw/IEXWY2
Petros Fassoulas | New Statesman | 7 May 2012
People are fed up with policy of austerity that has become dogma across
EU. But the election results in Greece and France weren't a move
against European unity. They were instead a desperate plea for a change
in direction [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-greek-election-tells-us-about-europe
[7]China And The Politics Of Oil
Links:
7. http://b.rw/KC9CpC
Jacqueline Deal | Eurasia Review | 5 May 2012
China imports more than half its oil. It doesn't trust the free market
to deliver. Like other great powers before it, it wants guaranteed
supplies. It hasn't got enough hard power to do the job. So it's using
diplomatic strategies [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/china-and-politics-oil
[9]The Maturation Of The Billionaire Boy-Man
Links:
9. http://b.rw/IxWPWa
Henry Blodget | New York | 6 May 2012
Big profile of Zuckerberg, in advance of Facebook IPO. Was he lucky?
Did he have the right idea, at the right time? Yes, on both counts. But
he's also a talented leader. A much more impressive man than many are
prepared to admit [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/maturation-billionaire-boy-man
[11]The Climate Fixers
Links:
11. http://b.rw/Ke9UWO
Michael Specter | New Yorker | 7 May 2012
"Many people see geoengineering as a false solution to an existential
crisis—akin to encouraging a heart-attack patient to avoid exercise and
continue to gobble fatty food while simply doubling his dose of
Lipitor." Are they right? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/can-geoengineering-solve-global-warming
[13]The Ruins Of Yuanmingyuan
Links:
13. http://b.rw/KC8Rg3
Sheila Melvin | Caixin | 4 May 2012
When British and French forces looted and burned the Chinese emperors'
Summer Palace in 1860, they committed one of history's greatest
cultural crimes. They destroyed wantonly a paradise of treasures
assembled over centuries [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ruins-yuanmingyuan
[15]Obituary: Michael Sands
Links:
15. http://b.rw/Ixv2Fy
Anonymous | Telegraph | 4 May 2012
Nude Playgirl model. Founded celebrity cheesecake bakery in Hollywood.
Claimed to be "an undercover operative for various government
agencies", including CIA, and to have helped capture Abu Abbas,
hijacker of Achille Lauro [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-michael-sands
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ma-jian-on-chinese-dissident-literature
Writers in China are afraid to criticise their state and society, says
the London-based author. He picks five works of Chinese literature,
from the 3rd century BC to 2008, which show how it’s done [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ma-jian-on-chinese-dissident-literature
Featured Special Report
[19]Parenting
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/parenting
What's the best way to bring up children? Indeed, is there a right way
at all? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/parenting
Reader Recommendations
[21]polit2k RT @[22]Frances_Coppola: RT @[23]duncanweldon: Superb
analysis of Hollande by @[24]JeremyCliffe [25]t.co/edjPfZNu
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
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21. https://twitter.com/#!/polit2k
22. https://twitter.com/#!/Frances_Coppola
23. https://twitter.com/#!/duncanweldon
24. https://twitter.com/#!/JeremyCliffe
25. http://shiftinggrounds.org/2012/05/the-meaning-of-president-hollande
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/master-switch-by-tim-wu
[29]The Master Switch by Tim Wu
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/master-switch-by-tim-wu
[30]Nicholas Carr says: Tim Wu tells the story of the commercial nature
of information. His argument is that a similar pattern occurs whenever
a new communication medium arises [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nicholas-carr-on-impact-information-age
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Is Facebook An Innovative Company?
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/facebook-innovative-company
Not yet, says Clayton Christensen. So far it has been all based on one
great idea [33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Neal Gabler, on thinking
Links:
34. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/the-elusive-big-idea.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
"We prefer knowing to thinking, because knowing has more immediate
value"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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