Newsletter 786
[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]Public Health Versus Private Freedom?
Links:
6. http://b.rw/NQQAnQ
Peter Singer | Project Syndicate | 6 September 2012
"There is widespread agreement that governments ought to prohibit the
sale of at least some dangerous products." But where do you draw the
lines with cigarettes? How far should a state go in promoting the
health of its population? [7]Comments
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7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/public-health-versus-private-freedom
[8]Wild Justice
Links:
8. http://b.rw/NQLwje
Drew Nelles | Maisonneuve | 6 September 2012
We destroy dangerous dogs that attack people but there was a day when
offending animals were put on trial. Some lawyers even made their name
defending them. Pigs and elephants were hanged, as this fascinating
history describes [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wild-justice
[10]Facebook Investors Know Exactly Whom To Blame
Links:
10. http://b.rw/Trrqx1
Jonathan Weil | Bloomberg | 6 September 2012
Succinct piece, referencing Mark Cuban, on risks of amateur dabbling in
stocks. Don't blame Zuckerberg or Morgan Stanley, says Weil. It's
gambling: If that suits you, great; if not, get out. Ain't no game for
crybabies (h/t @nuzav) [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/facebook-investors-know-exactly-whom-blame
[12]How We Happened To Sell Off Our Electricity
Links:
12. http://b.rw/Snb6yb
James Meek | London Review Of Books | 5 September 2012
When the British government privatised the UK electricity industry it
thought it was opening the door to competition and spoke in terms of
giving "power back to the people". What happened was a kind of
renationalisation. By France [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-we-happened-sell-our-electricity
[14]Lunch With The FT: Tim Berners-Lee
Links:
14. http://b.rw/RrMK4I
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | FT | 7 September 2012
After starring in Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony as a coder
("If you haven't heard of him, we haven't either," said the NBC
commentary), the inventor of the world wide web sits down to discuss
technology and society [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lunch-ft-tim-berners-lee
[16]Harvard And The Politics Of Large-Scale Cheating
Links:
16. http://b.rw/RIjeqr
Dan Ariely | Dan Ariely | 5 September 2012
Brief remarks on what may be the most extensive cheating scandal in Ivy
League history. Many of us see white lies in social contexts as
acceptable and lying at work as not. But what happens when the social
and professional overlap? [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/harvard-and-politics-large-scale-cheating
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Rick Telander on American Football (and its Dark Side)
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
It’s America’s favourite sport – at its best, a wonderful, thrilling
spectacle; at its worst, legitimised violence exacting a terrible price
on players. The Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter takes us inside the
game's dark heart [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
Featured Special Report
[20]The Fall of Lance Armstrong
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Once a hero, but now the game is up. Here's how the aggressively
preserved reputation of Lance Armstrong finally crumbled [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Reader Recommendations
@msgbi RT @polit2k: "@TimHarford: The algorithmic copyright cops:
should we welcome our new robot overlords? [22]t.co/rWt78Mx4"
#browsings #gfc2 [23]#browsings [24]More like this
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22. http://t.co/rWt78Mx4
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/mutants-genetic-variety-and-human-body-by-armand-leroi
[26]Mutants by Armand Leroi
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/mutants-genetic-variety-and-human-body-by-armand-leroi
[27]Carl Zimmer says: “Leroi takes what could have just been a freak
show and turns it into a really amazing experience. He writes about
these people as people.” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-zimmer-on-strangeness-life
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]David Fincher: A Retrospective
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/david-fincher-retrospective
Of his title sequences, that is. Designed so you stay for the rest of
the film [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Michael Ignatieff, on citizenship
Links:
31. http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2012-07-31-ignatieff-en.html
"The luxury of a truly free society is that political involvement is
a choice, not an obligation"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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