Newsletter 747
[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]Why Not In Vegas?
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6. http://b.rw/QpB28i
Thomas Friedman | NYT | 31 July 2012
Final thoughts on Mitt Romney's visit to Israel, and the effect of that
country becoming a "wedge issue" in American politics. "Much of what is
wrong with the US-Israel relationship today can be found in that Romney
trip" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-not-vegas
[8]A Crass And Consequential Error
Links:
8. http://b.rw/R6Jmf2
Roger Cohen | NYRB | 31 July 2012
Anglo-American coup to oust Mossadegh as prime minister of Iran in 1953
was colossal own goal. Yes, he had nationalised the oil industry. But
he was a pro-Western democrat. Far better than the feckless Shah or the
ayatollahs [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/crass-and-consequential-error
[10]Robert Shiller On Behavioral Economics
Links:
10. http://b.rw/Nahotp
Nigel Warburton | Social Science Bites | 1 August 2012
Interview. Interesting throughout. Familiar points well explained.
Economists have spent too much time studying mathematical models and
too little time studying human beings. Behavioural economics is a
welcome corrective [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/robert-shiller-behavioral-economics
[12]Virtual Reality Is Addictive And Unhealthy
Links:
12. http://b.rw/MxaIWO
William Davidow | IEEE Spectrum | 31 July 2012
Silicon Valley VC worries about development of interactive
technologies: "I now believe that our minds, bodies, businesses,
governments, and social institutions are no longer capable of coping
with the rapid rate of change" [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/virtual-reality-addictive-and-unhealthy
[14]Weimar Union
Links:
14. http://b.rw/MPxLk8
Walter Laqueur | New Republic | 13 July 2012
If the Euro crisis leads to the unravelling of the EU, the political
pendulum in Europe will swing back towards nationalism—and towards
extreme forms of it in those countries with irresponsible leaders and
high unemployment [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/weimar-union
[16]The Secret Online Weapons Store That’ll Sell Anyone Anything
Links:
16. http://b.rw/Mx8tTo
Sam Biddle | Gizmodo | 19 July 2012
Reporter visits The Armory, secretive online arms bazaar. Access via
TOR, bring Bitcoins to pay. Is it for real? Only one way to find out:
"Do you have what it would take to arm a small paramilitary group? Say,
20 people?" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-online-weapons-store-that’ll-sell-anyone-anything
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Will Self on Influences
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-self-on-influences
Conventional prose fiction falls short of the mark, says the English
author, who tells us about his modernist novel Umbrella, what the real
character of London is, and why he can’t stand the Olympics [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-self-on-influences
Featured Special Report
[20]Population and Resources
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/population-and-resources
Will humans run out of natural resources? Is population growth a danger
to society? Or will human innovation conquer? You decide [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/population-and-resources
Reader Recommendations
@[22]polit2k Stories of Progress and Stagnation | Adam Gurri
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like this
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23. http://t.co/qoLpwWMK
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26. http://twitter.com/rszbt
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/making-movies-by-sidney-lumet
[29]Making Movies by Sidney Lumet
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/making-movies-by-sidney-lumet
[30]Darren Aronofsky says: "This is an incredibly clear, honest, and
precise discussion of the films Lumet made over the course of his
career. There are many pearls of wisdom about directing and filmmaking
in the book" [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/darren-aronofsky-on-making-movies
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]'Fictitious Capital' With Michael Hudson
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/fictitious-capital-michael-hudson
"There has been so much fraud as a result of deregulation that nobody
has any idea how much collateral is there"
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Gore Vidal, on style
Links:
34. http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-writer-gore-vidal-86-has-died-20120731,0,3728239.story
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving
a damn”
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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