Newsletter 680
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[6]The Zombie Within
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6. http://b.rw/L0BdCB
Alva Noë | NPR | 18 May 2012
These days it seems fashionable to claim that our selves are an
illusion. Here's a neat counter-argument, that our inner zombie is
where we deputize tasks we have mastered so our conscious selves can
focus on the really tough stuff [7]Comments
Links:
7. https://thebrowser.com/articles/zombie-within
[8]Right-Wing Billionaires Behind Mitt Romney
Links:
8. http://b.rw/KHgfGV
Tim Dickinson | Rolling Stone | 24 May 2012
"An unprecedented infusion of money from America's monied elites
underscores the radical transformation of the Republican Party, which
has made defending the interests of the 0.0001% the basis of its
platform." Meet the donors [9]Comments
Links:
9. https://thebrowser.com/articles/right-wing-billionaires-behind-mitt-romney
[10]Peas And Quiet
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10. http://b.rw/L0Eemi
Leonard Finkleman | Rationally Speaking | 11 May 2012
Leonard uses his sharp wit to cut to shreds recent nonsense published
in the New York Times as to whether it's moral to eat plants on the
ground that they may have “feelings.” Will make you devour closest can
of green peas instantly [11]Comments
Links:
11. https://thebrowser.com/articles/peas-and-quiet
[12]It's Official: Google Is Now A Hardware Company
Links:
12. http://b.rw/JhcEzD
Brad Stone & Peter Burrows | Businessweek | 22 May 2012
Acquisition of Motorola is complete. And now the hard work begins. From
managing supply chains to providing end customer support, the
low-margin world of hardware manufacture brings numerous challenges.
How will Google cope? [13]Comments
Links:
13. https://thebrowser.com/articles/its-official-google-now-hardware-company
[14]The 120,000-Foot Leap
Links:
14. http://b.rw/JRs0ku
Mark Betancourt | Air & Space | 22 May 2012
Forget skydiving, it's time for some spacediving. This summer Felix
Baumgartner will set out to break multiple world records when he throws
himself out of a balloon 23 miles above the earth. Might he even break
the sound barrier? [15]Comments
Links:
15. https://thebrowser.com/articles/120000-foot-leap
[16]25 Handy Words That Don't Exist In English
Links:
16. http://b.rw/Lg8coU
Alex Wain | So Bad So Good | 29 April 2012
"Backpfeifengesicht" (German): A face badly in need of a fist. "Gigil"
(Filipino): The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably
cute. "Litost" (Czech): State of torment created by the sudden sight of
one’s own misery [17]Comments
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/articles/25-handy-words-dont-exist-english
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Tariq Ramadan on Islam in the West
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18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/tariq-ramadan-on-islam-west
The Islamic scholar and commentator tells us what it means to be Muslim
and Western, and explains how mainstream views get trapped between
noisy extremism and a sensation-seeking media [19]Read on
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/tariq-ramadan-on-islam-west
Featured Special Report
[20]Private Equity: For And Against
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20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/private-equity-and-against
In the spotlight because of economic crisis, and Mitt Romney [21]Read
on
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21. https://thebrowser.com/reports/private-equity-and-against
Reader Recommendations
[22]YannisAsimako Very informative RT @[23]polit2k Value at Risk – the
construct « reszatonline [24]t.co/IclbbGWJ
#[25]browsings @[26]rszbt (wonkish) #[27]VaR [28]More like this
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22. http://twitter.com/YannisAsimako
23. http://twitter.com/polit2k
24. http://t.co/IclbbGWJ
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
26. http://twitter.com/rszbt
27. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#VaR
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[29]Book of the Day
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29. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/my-traitor’s-heart-south-african-exile-returns-face-his-country-his-tribe-and-his-consci
[30]My Traitor’s Heart by Rian Malan
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30. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/my-traitor’s-heart-south-african-exile-returns-face-his-country-his-tribe-and-his-consci
[31]Philip Gourevitch says: “I like this book because it is an
intensely moving story. Rian Malan felt the injustice of apartheid and
wanted to do something to change it”[32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-gourevitch-on-rwanda
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[33]Sheryl Sandberg Addresses The Class Of 2012
Links:
33. https://thebrowser.com/videos/sheryl-sandberg-addresses-class-2012
"Give us a world where half our institutions are run by women"
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[35]Anonymous Former Intelligence Officer, on negotiation
Links:
35. http://charlescrawford.biz/blog/off-to-dubai-training-and-skills-development
"Know what you want - and remember that whatever your bottom line
is, there's always another line below that"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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