Newsletter 759
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[6]The Veil Of Opulence
Links:
6. http://b.rw/NkzqhU
Benjamin Hale | NYT | 12 August 2012
On Rawls, fairness, Romney and Obama. "Where the veil of ignorance
offers a test for fairness from an impersonal, universal point of view,
the veil of opulence offers a test for fairness from the first-person,
partial point of view" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/veil-opulence
[8]Five Years On, The Great Recession Is Turning Into A Life Sentence
Links:
8. http://b.rw/NtopXI
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Telegraph | 12 August 2012
Reflections on economic crisis. "Much of the debt will have to be
written off. Whether this is done by inflation (1945-1952) or default
(1930-1934) will be the great political battle of the decade. Pick your
side. Pick your history" [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/five-years-great-recession-turning-life-sentence
[10]The Point Guard
Links:
10. http://b.rw/NkBeaF
James Traub | Foreign Policy | 13 August 2012
"Washington is full of people who are very self-confident and very
impatient, people who seem to be clad in sandpaper. Almost all,
however, are white men; Susan Rice is one of the few black women who
belong to this particular club" [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/point-guard
[12]You'll Never Be Chinese: Why I’m Leaving The Country I Loved
Links:
12. http://b.rw/NYVEA0
Mark Kitto | Prospect | 8 August 2012
"Deng promised the Chinese people material wealth they hadn’t known for
centuries on condition that they never again asked for political
change. The Party said: 'Trust us and everything will be alright.'" But
20 years on, it isn't [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/yourll-never-be-chinese-why-i’m-leaving-country-i-loved
[14]The Inescapable Power Of Architecture
Links:
14. http://b.rw/POw3dg
Rowan Moore | Observer | 12 August 2012
Book excerpt. "It is easy to see the absurdity of a belief in the
healing power of masonry – it is a superstition, animism – but people
fall for it again and again and they are not entirely wrong to do so."
Here's why [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inescapable-power-architecture
[16]What Will The Fashion World Do With Kim Kardashian?
Links:
16. http://b.rw/NtlONt
Benjamin Wallace | New York | 12 August 2012
"In the Kardashian world, everything is cross-branded and
co-promoted—tweets may be sponsored, products placed. There’s a sense
that everything is for sale, and nothing should go un-monetized." She's
the "world's first human avatar" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-will-fashion-world-do-kim-kardashian
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Woody Allen on Inspiration
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/woody-allen-on-memory
The film legend discusses books that have resonated with him, from JD
Salinger to Elia Kazan and beyond [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/woody-allen-on-memory
Featured Special Report
[20]Democracy
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/democracy
Are Western states true democracies? Has democracy become a casualty of
the financial crisis? Can you have too much democracy? Read on to find
out [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/democracy
Reader Recommendations
@rszbt RT @polit2k: "No tangles!" NIMH · Brain Wiring a No-Brainer?
[22]t.co/vWw9N5R0 #browsings (video) h/t @sysparatem @rszbt [23]More
like this
Links:
22. http://t.co/vWw9N5R0
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/life-you-can-save-by-peter-singer
[25]The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/life-you-can-save-by-peter-singer
[26]Nigel Warburton says: “The book focuses on poverty, and how we in
the West are living in a luxury that we could adjust to alleviate that
misery. He challenges your preconceptions and asks you to respond”
[27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Ball
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/ball
Something subliminal is going on here [29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Clay Christensen, on learning
Links:
30. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/08/why-cant-someone-be-taught-until-theyre-ready-to-learn
“Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven’t
asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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