Newsletter 788
[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]Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?
Links:
6. http://b.rw/P9zs9M
Randall Stross | Vanity Fair | 10 September 2012
Behind the scenes at Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's most famous startup
accelerator. "The number one company is worth more than next 199
companies combined, while number two is worth more than next 198
combined, and so on" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/who-wants-be-billionaire
[8]At The Heart Of The US Election
Links:
8. http://b.rw/Qyhl0N
Raghuram Rajan | Fault Lines | 9 September 2012
"Democracy and free enterprise appear to be mutually reinforcing." Yet,
in the US, a tension has grown between the two. It's an issue that's
become central to the presidential election and party political divide
[9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/heart-us-election
[10]'None Of The Above' Should Be On The Ballot
Links:
10. http://b.rw/OCZFME
John Fund | National Review | 10 September 2012
Voters should have the option to actively reject all candidates. A
'none of the above' vote could do this. Majority for NOTA could trigger
new elections with new candidates. Could be a great force for cleaning
the political air [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/none-above-should-be-ballot
[12]'It Smelled Something Like Pizza'
Links:
12. http://b.rw/QAgOJr
Farhad Manjoo | Slate | 10 September 2012
Samsung trial revealed how Apple came to invent the iPhone. And it's a
good story. Apple knew that one day a phone maker would produce a
device that ate the iPod's lunch. So it had to invent the iPod killer
itself [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/it-smelled-something-pizza
[14]Our Romance With Guns
Links:
14. http://b.rw/Qydq3Z
David Cole | NYRB | 7 September 2012
On guns in America. "Is it morally acceptable to celebrate and protect
a right that leads, predictably and consistently, to dramatically and
disproportionately reduced life expectancies for young black men?"
[15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/our-romance-guns
[16]An Open Letter To Wikipedia
Links:
16. http://b.rw/OkNWqr
Philip Roth | New Yorker | 7 September 2012
Upset by Wikipedia's reluctance to correct an error concerning his
novel, 'The Human Stain', Roth tells the story behind the book. It was
inspired by the case of a Princeton professor accused of racism for
using the word "spooks" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/open-letter-wikipedia
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Nigel Warburton on Introductions to Philosophy
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
How should we live? What is the nature of reality? Should pro golfers
be allowed to use carts? The philosophy lecturer sets us off down the
road of philosophical enquiry with an intriguing reading list [19]Read
on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
Featured Special Report
[20]After Aurora
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/after-aurora
How does one make sense of such killings? And can we, will we, do
anything to stop it happening again? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/after-aurora
Reader Recommendations
@[22]christophcherry RT @[23]IainManley: Part two of my story about the
Sichuan-Tibet Highway: [24]t.co/0f4TtzlB, #[25]travelreads
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
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22. http://twitter.com/christophcherry
23. http://twitter.com/IainManley
24. http://t.co/0f4TtzlB
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#travelreads
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/cartoon-introduction-economics-by-yoram-bauman-and-grady-klein
[29]The Cartoon Introduction to Economics by Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/cartoon-introduction-economics-by-yoram-bauman-and-grady-klein
[30]Tim Harford says: “For anybody who wants to learn the economics
jargon, or anyone who is starting out studying an economics course,
this is just a brilliant source. It really is rigorous, but it’s also a
lot of fun to read” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-harford-on-unexpected-economics
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Amazing Animated Optical Illusions! #5
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/amazing-animated-optical-illusions-5
Make sure you stay for the cat
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Arthur Schopenhauer, on reading
Links:
34. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/09/on-reading-and-books?
"It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the
time to read them"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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