Newsletter 787
[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]Is College A Lousy Investment?
Links:
6. http://b.rw/OAnl4d
Megan McArdle | Newsweek | 9 September 2012
"For my entire adult life, an education has been the most important
thing for middle-class households. [But] is all this investment in
college education really worth it?" The US may have reached a point
where the answer is "no" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/college-lousy-investment
[8]The Disappeared
Links:
8. http://b.rw/RwxFPl
Salman Rushdie | New Yorker | 10 September 2012
Rushdie describes the genesis of The Satanic Verses and what the fatwa
did to his life. When he was first accused of being offensive, he was
perplexed. He thought he'd made a genuine attempt to engage. Now we
know better [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/disappeared
[10]The Tragedy Of The European Union And How To Resolve It
Links:
10. http://b.rw/THgJVz
George Soros | NYRB | 8 September 2012
ECB's bond-buying plan has ensured the euro will survive, says Soros.
But many political decisions about the future of the EU will need to be
taken in the next year or so. This is Soros's analysis of the choices
that lie ahead [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tragedy-european-union-and-how-resolve-it
[12]Philosophy v Science: Which Can Answer The Big Questions Of Life?
Links:
12. http://b.rw/PVy9Kz
Julian Baggini & Lawrence Krauss | Observer | 9 September 2012
Philosopher contends that science is engaging in "mission creep" but
doesn't have all the answers. Some things are better addressed through
other disciplines, such as philosophy. A physicist responds
[13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/philosophy-v-science-which-can-answer-big-questions-life
[14]Trending Upwards
Links:
14. http://b.rw/OkPQqX
Michael Horowitz, Philip Tetlock | Foreign Policy | 6 September 2012
Predicting events even five years into the future, most experts are in
the same league as dart-throwing chimps. But national security
scenarios must look 15-20 years ahead. What's the best way to construct
them? [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/trending-upwards
[16]How Children Succeed
Links:
16. http://b.rw/RIlOwo
Paul Tough | Slate | 5 September 2012
Or what a very boring test tells us about motivation, IQ and a child's
prospects in later life. "Without anyone realizing it, the test was
measuring a critical noncognitive skill that mattered a lot in the
grown-up world" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-children-succeed
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Tim Harford on Unexpected Economics
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-harford-on-unexpected-economics
The Undercover Economist himself, Tim Harford, says you can find
economics lessons in the most unlikely places, including the virtual
world of computer games [19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-harford-on-unexpected-economics
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
@[22]polit2k We're coming into financial hurricane season - Anatole
Kaletsky [23]t.co/aqWlHpiZ #[24]gfc2 [25]#browsings #[26]predictions
[27]More like this
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23. http://t.co/aqWlHpiZ
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25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#predictions
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/out-their-league-by-david-meggyesy
[29]Out of their League by David Meggyesy
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/out-their-league-by-david-meggyesy
[30]Rick Telander says: “Meggyesy shatters the myths. He writes about
the brutality of [American] football and the cruelty of coaches. He
makes clear that winning comes at a steep price” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]60-Second Adventures In Economics
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/60-second-adventures-economics
Part One: The Invisible Hand, animated edition, from the Open
University [33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Thomas Heise, on ageing
Links:
34. http://www.berfrois.com/2012/09/thomas-heise-f-scott-fitzgeralds-depression
"After forty, all life is a matter of saving face"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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