Newsletter 761
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
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[6]Ramadan In Aleppo
Links:
6. http://b.rw/Pm4D0g
Michael Weiss | Foreign Affairs | 13 August 2012
Letter from Syria. Rebels are freebooters, adventurers, amateurs.
Al-Qaeda isn't manipulating them: That's Assad propaganda. And they're
winning. "Even in tactical defeat they cost the regime money,
ammunition, and men" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ramadan-aleppo
[8]Why Shopping Will Never Be The Same
Links:
8. http://b.rw/TCaOQB
Jon Swartz | USA Today | 9 August 2012
Seismic changes are afoot in world of retail. Smartphones, social media
data, augmented reality and other futuristic technologies threaten to
change shopping forever. From magic mirrors to 3D printers, here's a
look at what's coming [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-shopping-will-never-be-same
[10]The War Against The Nuba
Links:
10. http://b.rw/SiwT4a
Jeffrey Gettleman | NYRB | 14 August 2012
"The war between the northern and southern Sudanese is one of the
longest and most complex in Africa, driven by religious schisms, racial
politics, oil, and an especially convoluted colonial legacy." This
dispatch helps explain why [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/war-against-nuba
[12]Deliberative Democracy
Links:
12. http://b.rw/Sio9v8
Alexander Görlach | European | 13 August 2012
Interview with Stanford's James Fishkin. "Political parties have every
incentive to do whatever they can to win an election, even if that
means misleading the public. I think representative sampling might be
the way out." Here's how [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/deliberative-democracy
[14]Does Copyright Matter?
Links:
14. http://b.rw/QyzhST
Tim Parks | NYRB | 14 August 2012
"Do I, as an author, have the right to prevent people copying my books
for free? Should I have it? Does it matter?" Parks suggests the answer
lies not in theories of ownership but in how we see the social function
of copyright [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/does-copyright-matter
[16]What Internet Habits Say About Mental Health
Links:
16. http://b.rw/TC55u8
Adrian Ward & Piercarlo Valdesolo | Scientific American | 14 August
2012
"Peer-to-peer file sharing, heavy emailing and chatting online, and a
tendency to quickly switch between multiple websites and other online
resources all predict a greater propensity to experience symptoms of
depression." Discuss [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-internet-habits-say-about-mental-health
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Alison Gopnik on Children and their Minds
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alison-gopnik-on-children-and-their-minds
The author and psychology professor tells us what's going on in
children’s minds – and that it's a lot more than we may think [19]Read
on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alison-gopnik-on-children-and-their-minds
Featured Special Report
[20]Paul Ryan
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paul-ryan
He's the man with the (budget) plan. What will the selection of the
Wisconsin congressman as vice presidential candidate do for the Romney
campaign? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paul-ryan
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k "@pierrebri: Taxing the rich to reduce the debt - it's time:
[22]t.co/XeccQxw4" #gfc2 [23]#browsings [24]More like this
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22. http://t.co/XeccQxw4
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/fault-lines-how-hidden-fractures-still-threaten-world-economy-by-raghuram-g-rajan
[26]Fault Lines by Raghuram G Rajan
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/fault-lines-how-hidden-fractures-still-threaten-world-economy-by-raghuram-g-rajan
[27]Robert Shiller says: “The book is interesting because it puts the
subprime housing market in this larger context of growing social
inequality in the US” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-shiller-on-human-traits-essential-capitalism
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Hell Broke Luce
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/hell-broke-luce
Anti-war video from Tom Waits. Bosch meets Bergman [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Helen Gurley Brown, on men
Links:
31. http://Readmorehttp//www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/05/11/090511crbo_books_thurman#ixzz23axdpAR7
"They are often cheaper emotionally and a lot more fun by the dozen"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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