Newsletter 724
[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 End Of China’s Economic Miracle
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6. http://b.rw/L3m0jy
Minxin Pei | Newsweek | 8 July 2012
"Twenty years ago, Japan experienced the humiliation of going from
world economic champ to chump within a few years of its financial
meltdown. Today it seems to be China’s turn." Sharp analysis on limits
of state capitalism [7]Comments
Links:
7. https://thebrowser.com/articles/end-china’s-economic-miracle
[8]Youth Of The Ice Age
Links:
8. http://b.rw/MagCLu
David Pilling | FT | 6 July 2012
For Japan's graduates, the era of salarymen and stay-at-home wives is
almost, if not quite, over. Economic, social change has seen to that.
Pilling casts today's youth as a generation in search of meaning.
Here's what they are doing [9]Comments
Links:
9. https://thebrowser.com/articles/youth-ice-age
[10]The Importance Of Being Orwell
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10. http://b.rw/PEDBFX
Christopher Hitchens | Vanity Fair | 9 July 2012
Hitchens introduces Orwell's collected diaries: "By his determination
to seek elusive but verifiable truth, he showed how much can be
accomplished by an individual who unites the qualities of intellectual
honesty and moral courage" [11]Comments
Links:
11. https://thebrowser.com/articles/importance-being-orwell
[12]Is The Web Driving Us Mad?
Links:
12. http://b.rw/L3kPR6
Tony Dokoupil | Newsweek | 8 July 2012
"No one is arguing for some kind of Amish future. But the research is
now making it clear that the Internet is not 'just' another delivery
system. It is creating a whole new mental environment." Measured piece,
despite the headline [13]Comments
Links:
13. https://thebrowser.com/articles/web-driving-us-mad
[14]Pistorius: A Hero, Yes, But Not An Olympian
Links:
14. http://b.rw/NjvoTF
Mick Hume | Sp!ked | 5 July 2012
Should we let Oscar Pistorius compete at the Olympics? Here's the
argument against. "We are faced with the extraordinary situation where
a disabled athlete can actually have an inbuilt advantage which other
runners cannot match" [15]Comments
Links:
15. https://thebrowser.com/articles/pistorius-hero-yes-not-olympian
[16]Are Prodigies Autistic?
Links:
16. http://b.rw/NPSqOD
Scott Barry Kaufman | Psychology Today | 6 July 2012
Begging headline. This is more about intelligence and memory. Tests on
nine current child prodigies find IQ range of 108-147—smart, but not
dazzling. Memory is the standout: "Off the scale". And yes, some hints
of autism [17]Comments
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/articles/are-prodigies-autistic
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Kyle Pruett on Fatherhood
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/kyle-pruett-on-fatherhood
Fathers and mothers play very different roles in a child’s development,
says the professor of child psychiatry, who recommends essential
reading for both parents [19]Read on
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/kyle-pruett-on-fatherhood
Featured Special Report
[20]Air Travel
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel
Airlines opened to us a world of thrilling possibility. But, for many,
flying is still a terrifying prospect. Crashes, though rare, do happen.
And then there are the security procedures bequeathed to us by 9/11
[21]Read on
Links:
21. https://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel
Reader Recommendations
@[22]tornmap When history isn't over, El Salvador: [23]t.co/M8LCxeqz
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22. http://twitter.com/tornmap
23. http://t.co/M8LCxeqz
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25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/brain-changes-itself-by-norman-doidge
[27]The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Links:
27. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/brain-changes-itself-by-norman-doidge
[28]Carol Dweck says: “This book illustrates the amazing power of the
brain to change and even to reorganise itself with practice and
experience”[29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carol-dweck-on-success
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]How Does The Internet Work?
Links:
30. https://thebrowser.com/videos/hoe-does-internet-work
Thank you for asking. Here is the answer [31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Kanishk Tharoor, on sport
Links:
32. http://twitter.com/kanishktharoor/status/221972804852125696
"Tennis, a sport for people who don't like sports. Golf, a sport for
people who don't like people"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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