Weekly newsletter 17
Best of the Week
[5]Down To The Wire
Links:
5. http://b.rw/r6d163
Howard Marks | Oaktree Capital | 22 July 2011
Exceptional, politically impartial, backgrounder on current debt crisis for
anyone still feeling remotely confused. Clear analysis of how we reached
present situation, what the true risks are and which outcomes are most
likely [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/down-wire
[7]On Pseudonymity, Privacy and Responsibility on Google+
Links:
7. http://b.rw/okatRB
Kee Hinckley | Technosocial | 27 July 2011
Stunning, emotional blog post in defence of online anonymity. Long, but well
thought-out and compelling in its conclusions. "Persistent pseudonyms aren't
ways to hide who you are. They provide a way to be who you are" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/pseudonymity-privacy-and-responsibility-google
[9]GBS And The Despots
Links:
9. http://b.rw/rqhm2S
Stanley Weintraub | TLS | 27 July 2011
Fine essay on George Bernard Shaw's unorthodox political beliefs. Began as
textbook socialist, ended as unflinching admirer of dictators. Said of
democracy: “Who can blame Signor Mussolini for describing it as a putrefying
corpse?" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gbs-and-despots
[11]Greece Needs A New Political Culture
Links:
11. http://b.rw/rbkzC5
Gideon Rachman | FT | 25 July 2011
Greek elites accept that country has to change. Political system seen as
corrupt. Economy in fourth year of recession. But sense of entitlement and
inertia endures. Still feels as though everybody wants a subsidy from the
state [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greece-needs-new-political-culture
[13]The Maid's Tale
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nWBUvM
Christopher Dickey & John Solomon | Newsweek | 25 July 2011
"She glanced around the living room for luggage, saw none. 'Hello?
Housekeeping.' Then a naked man with white hair suddenly appeared, as if out
of nowhere." The head of the IMF no less. Allegedly. Here is the maid's
account in full [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/maids-tale
[15]Experts Baffled By Mysterious Underground Chambers
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qaKk5y
Matthias Schulz | Spiegel | 22 July 2011
More than 700 small tunnel networks have been found in southern Germany.
There are hundreds more in Austria. Who built them, when and why?
Archeologists are only just beginning to piece together the answers
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/experts-baffled-mysterious-underground-chambers
[17]Evolution Right Under Our Noses
Links:
17. http://b.rw/r7vOQQ
Carl Zimmer | NYT | 25 July 2011
Super feature on the field biologists who study urban evolution. "Jason
Munshi-South has tracked elephants in central Africa and proboscis monkeys
in the wilds of Borneo. But for his most recent expedition, he took the A
train" [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/evolution-right-under-our-noses
[19]How To Run A Single Currency
Links:
19. http://b.rw/mQmH91
John Kay | 21 July 2011
America has maintained a stable currency union since 1865, mainly by
refusing to bail out states—such as New York in the 1970s—when they get into
trouble. Europe needs to learn the same sort of toughness, if the euro is to
last [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-run-single-currency
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Dan Ariely on Behavioural Economics
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
We can all be more aware of our surroundings and our decision-making
process, says the professor of psychology and behavioural economics. He
recommends five books to help us maximise our prosperity and well-being
[22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
Featured Topic
[23]Journalism
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Find out what it's really like to be a journalist. Read about the shadowy
world of foreign reporting, learn what makes a great article and delve into
the history of journalism [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Reader Recommendations
_@henrylf_ Visualisation of US debt - genius infographic[25]
t.co/0r90zXM [26]#browsings [27]More like this
Links:
25. http://t.co/0r90zXM
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/women’s-room-by-marilyn-french
[29]The Women’s Room by Marilyn French
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/women’s-room-by-marilyn-french
[30]Maria Sveland says: It expressed the experience of a huge crowd of
women, and it let all the women who read it understand that they were
neither alone nor crazy[31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/maria-sveland-on-feminism
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[32]50 Renowned Academics Speak About God
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/50-renowned-academics-speak-about-god
Chomsky, Feynman, Pinker, Sagan, Dennett and many others feature in this 35
minute compilation
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[34]Colin Thubron, on the changing world
Links:
34. http://www.thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-thubron-on-travel-writing
"The world’s changing all the time. It’s never seen once and for all, it
has to be interpreted again and again, like Dante’s Divine Comedy"
[35]More quotes
Links:
35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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