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[5]What You Don't Know Can Kill You
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Jason Daley | Discover | 3 October 2011
Sharks kill a grand total of, on average, one US citizen each year.
Meanwhile cattle gore or stamp 20 to death. But a cow doesn't induce panic
like a shark. Why? "In short, our risk perception is often at direct odds
with reality" [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-you-dont-know-can-kill-you
[7]Putin’s Rasputin
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7. http://b.rw/nB3vum
Peter Pomerantsev | LRB | 12 October 2011
On Vladislav Surkov, "real genius of Putin era". Half-Chechen. Expelled from
drama school. Bodyguard then PR man for Khodorkovsky. Recruited by Yeltsin.
Chief ideologue, grey cardinal of Putin. Kremlin power player par excellence
[8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/putin’s-rasputin
[9]A Sociology Of Steve Jobs
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9. http://b.rw/r0VTme
Kieran Healy | Kieran Healy | 10 October 2011
Customers have emotional relationships with Apple. They associate it with
charisma and perfectionism. Yet those beautiful iPhones come from sweatshops
in China. Jobs's successors will have to resolve that cognitive dissonance
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sociology-steve-jobs
[11]What Options Are Left For The Single Currency?
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11. http://b.rw/nDtfC7
Various | Spiegel | 7 October 2011
"There is no precedent for this crisis, nor is there a recipe that could be
applied to resolve it. Europe's politicians have maneuvered themselves and
their people into an unparalleled situation." Final part of excellent euro
report [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ticking-euro-bomb
[13]The Woman Who Knew Too Much
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13. http://b.rw/pmJInf
Suzanna Andrews | Vanity Fair | 11 October 2011
On Elizabeth Warren, scourge of the banking elite: “We cannot run our
country without a strong middle class. We cannot run a democracy without a
strong middle class. If we hollow out the middle class, the country we know
is gone" [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/woman-who-knew-too-much
[15]The Deaths Map
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15. http://b.rw/ppkaEO
Jeremy Harding | LRB | 12 October 2011
US-Mexico border is an artificial line across interlocking ecosystems, under
pressure from top-heavy consumer lifestyles to the north, congestion of
poverty in the south. Result? A twilight world of flight, seclusion,
incarceration [16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/deaths-map
[17]Amanda Knox: What's In A Face?
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17. http://b.rw/nnZSRn
Ian Leslie | Guardian | 8 October 2011
"We all have an inherent bias towards assuming that we can discern a
person's inner mental state simply by observing them." And for Amanda Knox,
this proved disastrous. Excellent piece looks at dangers of judging by
appearances [18]Comments
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18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/amanda-knox-whats-face
[19]Charles Darwin, Economist
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19. http://b.rw/qeKoZQ
Robert Frank | American Interest | 5 October 2011
"One century hence, if a roster of professional economists is asked to
identify the intellectual father of their discipline, a majority will name
Charles Darwin." Right now, many would say Adam Smith. So where does Darwin
fit in? [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/charles-darwin-economist
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Eva Hoffman on Memoirs
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eva-hoffman-on-memoirs
To tell your own story is to confront and construct your deepest sense of
self. The author of _Lost in Translation_ tells us about five striking
memoirs of identity, dislocation and belonging [22]Read on
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eva-hoffman-on-memoirs
Featured Topic
[23]Epic Adventures
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Extreme tourism, unwise adventure and plain bad luck. Enjoy it all from the
comfort of your armchair [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Reader Recommendations
_obitmag #browsings #longreads_ A Fond Farewell: Funeral sex may be death's
best antidote. People flirt at funerals…Really? [25]t.co/vDNEIpUe
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
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25. http://t.co/vDNEIpUe
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[28]Book of the Day
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/rural-taste-lebanon-by-chérine-yazbeck
[29]The Rural Taste of Lebanon by Chérine Yazbeck
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/rural-taste-lebanon-by-chérine-yazbeck
Samantha Clark says: “We went to Lebanon last May and discovered this book.
It is very beautiful, with a lot of very quirky, original
recipes”[30]FiveBooks Archive
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30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[31]The 7 Biggest Economic Lies
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/7-biggest-economic-lies
According to Robert Reich. Who doesn't take long to "debunk" each and every
one
[32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[33]Boris Vian, on humour
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33. http://www.mondaynote.com/2011/10/09/too-soon
"Humour is the politeness of despair"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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