Newsletter 756
[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]Jack Welch: An Oral History
Links:
6. http://b.rw/OW597A
Diane Brady | Businessweek | 9 August 2012
What was it like to work for "Neutron Jack"? Former GE executives
explain. "He never fell in love with any of the things he had done. He
could love you like a son but, if you didn’t perform, he was willing to
fire you" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jack-welch-oral-history
[8]Replacement Parts
Links:
8. http://b.rw/S4WbCT
Ed Yong | Scientist | 1 August 2012
"In the US alone more than 114,000 people are on transplant lists,
waiting for an act of tragedy or charity." How can science help? One
option is to use organs from genetically engineered pigs. Another is to
make new organs in a lab [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/replacement-parts
[10]Downsizing Supersize
Links:
10. http://b.rw/MJdw37
James Surowiecki | New Yorker | 6 August 2012
New York is planning to ban soft drinks in servings larger than 16
ounces. Critics are right that the plan is "blatantly paternalist".
Also that it will be easy to circumvent. But that doesn't mean it won't
work [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/downsizing-supersize
[12]Uganda In Trouble: Museveni Should Go
Links:
12. http://b.rw/QJUoIo
Richard Dowden | African Arguments | 7 August 2012
He started off well. Brought order, promised democracy. That was 26
years ago. With the passage of time his regime has grown lazier, more
corrupt and more oppressive. High time for him to go gracefully. If
not, expect a coup [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/uganda-trouble-museveni-should-go
[14]Can You Fake Mental Illness?
Links:
14. http://b.rw/PGEAyY
Douglas Starr | Slate | 7 August 2012
Those accused of awful crimes often have an incentive to fake mental
illness or insanity. And they often try. So how do forensic
psychologists tell the fakers from the genuine sufferers? Here are a
few pointers [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/can-you-fake-mental-illness
[16]Bosom Buddies
Links:
16. http://b.rw/MBsg2H
Brett & Kate McKay | Art Of Manliness | 29 July 2012
Thought-provoking photo essay on the decline of male intimacy over past
century. Has our hyper-sexualised society changed the way in which men
are prepared to be photographed with their friends? These images
suggest so [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bosom-buddies
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Athene Donald on Women in Science
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/athene-donald-on-women-science
The award-winning British physicist tells us how to fight preconceived
ideas about gender and suggests reading that could inspire women to
pursue careers in science
[19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/athene-donald-on-women-science
Featured Special Report
[20]Time
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/time
What is it? Why isn't it the same everywhere? Can we travel through
time? Will there be an end to time? Read on to find out [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/time
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k Why Israel Should Withdraw From the West Bank—Now - Jonathan
Tepperman - The Atlantic [22]t.co/8EPqshSZ #browsings h/t
@blakehounshell [23]#browsings [24]More like this
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22. http://t.co/8EPqshSZ
23. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/call-arms-by-lu-xun
[26]Call to Arms by Lu Xun
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/call-arms-by-lu-xun
[27]Rana Mitter says: “These short stories were a real indictment of
Chinese society as a whole. Lu Xun was a very interesting and subtle
writer” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rana-mitter-on-100-years-modern-china
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Conan: Think Slightly Different
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/conan-think-slightly-different
Should be admitted as evidence in the Apple-Samsung lawsuit [30]More
videos
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Nassim Nicholas Taleb, on honesty
Links:
31. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/13012333374
"It is a great compliment for an honest person to be mistaken for a
crook by a crook"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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