Newsletter 708
[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]Getting Away With It
Links:
6. http://b.rw/MBlomN
Paul Krugman & Robin Wells | NYRB | 21 June 2012
Triple book review is the peg for this critical account of Obama
administration's response to financial crisis. Key economic advisers
were too close to Wall Street; banks didn't pay any appropriate price
for mayhem they inflicted [7]Comments
Links:
7. https://thebrowser.com/articles/getting-away-it
[8]The Manifest Destiny Of Artificial Intelligence
Links:
8. http://b.rw/MBmLSz
Brian Hayes | American Scientist | 21 June 2012
Marvin Minsky, pioneer of artificial intelligence, believes original
lofty goals of his field lie neglected. Will we bother making a truly
intelligent machine? Or will the shallow technology in mindless
machines prove too effective? [9]Comments
Links:
9. https://thebrowser.com/articles/manifest-destiny-artificial-intelligence
[10]Saudi Arabia: The Long Day Closes
Links:
10. http://b.rw/MAEDx0
Anonymous | Economist | 21 June 2012
Good state of the nation piece, following recent death of Crown Prince
Nayef. "The Al Sauds’ central nervous system has grown weak," says a
Riyadh lawyer. "They can respond to pain, but not to stimuli like
complaints or new ideas" [11]Comments
Links:
11. https://thebrowser.com/articles/saudi-arabia-long-day-closes
[12]The Spirit Of Alan Turing
Links:
12. http://b.rw/MOWxKw
Roger Highfield | Science Museum | 21 June 2012
How the premature death of Turing's first love changed him forever.
"Perhaps his suicide was one last experiment. On that cold, wet Whit
Monday, did Turing take his own life in the hope that they would be
together once more?" [13]Comments
Links:
13. https://thebrowser.com/articles/spirit-alan-turing
[14]When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind
Links:
14. http://b.rw/MOTgen
Jeneen Interlandi | NYT | 22 June 2012
First-hand account of family member's descent into mental illness.
"Eventually one nurse took pity and told us that he had indeed filled
out the form but had granted access only to Barack Obama and Duke
Ellington" [15]Comments
Links:
15. https://thebrowser.com/articles/when-my-crazy-father-actually-lost-his-mind
[16]To Kill Or To Violate?
Links:
16. http://b.rw/MOV7jo
Charles Foster | Practical Ethics | 21 June 2012
A chronic anorexic endangers her life by not eating. She has a history
of mental illness, alcohol and substance abuse. Two options remain:
Hospitalisation and force-feeding, or death. She refuses treatment.
Should she be coerced? [17]Comments
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/articles/kill-or-violate
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Matthew Engel on Britishness
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-engel-on-britishness
Britain is a bewilderingly motley nation of phlegmatic grumblers, says
the author and editor – a seaside resort-going, class-conscious people
haunted by loss of empire, and we can’t even agree on what the country
is called [19]Read on
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-engel-on-britishness
Featured Special Report
[20]Drone Warfare
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/drone-warfare
Should we worry about war conducted by remote control? Are there
ethical considerations? Will we become accustomed to unmanned warfare
in the future? What if a hacker took control of an army? It's all here
[21]Read on
Links:
21. https://thebrowser.com/reports/drone-warfare
Reader Recommendations
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22. http://twitter.com/MSagebiel
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[27]More like this
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27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/if-not-winter-by-anne-carson-translator
[29]If Not, Winter by Anne Carson (translator)
Links:
29. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/if-not-winter-by-anne-carson-translator
[30]Bettany Hughes says: “Sappho was a priestess for Aphrodite and one
of the things she was trying to do was to coach young girls in how
important love is in all its aspects” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bettany-hughes-on-divine-women
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Behind The Scenes At A McDonald's Photo Shoot
Links:
32. https://thebrowser.com/videos/behind-scenes-mcdonalds-photo-shoot
Here's why your Quarter Pounder never looks like the one in the photo
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Umberto Eco, on intellectuals
Links:
34. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5856/the-art-of-fiction-no-197-umberto-eco
"If by intellectual you mean somebody who works only with his head
and not with his hands, then the bank clerk is an intellectual and
Michelangelo is not"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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