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[5]California And Bust
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5. http://b.rw/ngkC8u
Michael Lewis | Vanity Fair | 29 September 2011
"The relationship between the people and their money in California is such
that you can pluck almost any city at random and enter a crisis." Lewis asks
Schwarzenegger why. Then visits officials on frontline of Golden State's
crisis [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/california-and-bust
[7]A History Of Violence
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7. http://b.rw/n1jpEH
Steven Pinker | Edge | 27 September 2011
Unmissable conversation with Steven Pinker in which he outlines causes and
antecedents of the six major declines in violence throughout history. His
thesis calls for "rehabilitation of a concept of modernity and progress"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/history-violence
[9]Amazon, The Company That Ate The World
Links:
9. http://b.rw/odhuRo
Brad Stone | Businessweek | 28 September 2011
Who can stop the e-commerce juggernaut? With new Kindle offering, Amazon
takes its place as the Walmart of device world, to Apple's Prada. Steve Jobs
set the market for tablet computers alight. Now Bezos wants to pour petrol
on it [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/amazon-company-ate-world
[11]Our Man In Kandahar
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11. http://b.rw/qPXqyu
Matthieu Aikins | Atlantic | 25 September 2011
Admirable investigation into US-backed acting police chief of Kandahar
province, Afghanistan – a warlord accused of involvement in abuse,
corruption and criminality, not least the alleged murder in cold blood of
those who cross him [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/our-man-kandahar
[13]Personal Best
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13. http://b.rw/rdC9XS
Atul Gawande | New Yorker | 26 September 2011
You'd be surprised if a successful singer or sportsman had no coach. Why not
so for other professionals? Surgeon investigates: "I can’t say that every
surgeon needs a coach to do his or her best work, but I’ve discovered that I
do" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/personal-best
[15]The Hero No One Knew
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15. http://b.rw/ouiLSu
Jeff Pearlman | Sports Illustrated | 27 September 2011
Walter Payton retired in 1988 as the greatest running back in American
football history. What happened next was by turns inspiring, chaotic and
regrettable. And after all the laughing gas, guns and burgers, it was
finally tragic [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/hero-no-one-knew
[17]Implementing Strategies In Extreme Negotiations
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17. http://b.rw/pkoXzD
Jeff Weiss & Jonathan Hughes | HBR | 20 September 2011
"Power in extreme negotiations comes more from preparation than from how
glib or agile you are at the negotiation table." Want to know how to bargain
when the stakes are high and the pressure's on? Here's a great set of
strategies [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/implementing-strategies-extreme-negotiations
[19]Grabbing Dinner
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19. http://b.rw/p45K3A
Bill Heavey | Garden & Gun | 15 September 2011
"You got to remember – you're not petting that frog. You're not slapping
that frog. You got to grab that frog." So begins a nighttime frogging
expedition in Louisiana. And frog eyes are whiteish. "Don't grab anything
with red eyes" [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/grabbing-dinner
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Errol Morris on Photography and Reality
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/errol-morris-on-photography-and-reality
The acclaimed documentary filmmaker tells us about his fascination with
images, meaning and truth. And how we’ve learned to think and read
critically but still don’t see critically [22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/errol-morris-on-photography-and-reality
Featured Topic
[23]Republican Contenders
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/republican-contenders
Romney, Bachmann or Perry? AN Other? Read our selection of background and
analysis articles on the Republicans hoping to be their party's choice to
challenge President Obama [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/republican-contenders
Reader Recommendations
[25]@polit2k Sorry, but this trader's banking confession was no prank | The
YesMen[26]t.co/awwaIkmf via@[27]guardian #[28]gfc2 #[29]browsings[30]More
like this
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25. http://twitter.com/polit2k
26. http://t.co/awwaIkmf
27. http://twitter.com/guardian
28. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
29. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
30. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[31]Book of the Day
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31. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/history-modern-yemen-by-paul-dresch
[32]A History of Modern Yemen by Paul Dresch
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/history-modern-yemen-by-paul-dresch
[33]Bernard Haykel says: "What’s wonderful about Dresch is the way he
focuses on a particular topic and imbues it with a world of meaning and
complexity" [34]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/bernard-haykel-on-yemen
34. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[35]Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
Links:
35. http://thebrowser.com/videos/ben-goldacre-battling-bad-science
Great TED talk. Rattles along. Captivating, funny and informative
[36]More videos
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36. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[37]Nicholas Thompson, on geometric progression
Links:
37. http://twitter.com/nxthompson/status/118774829364162560
"When you're 1% there, you're almost done. Just seven doublings away"
[38]More quotes
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38. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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