Weekly newsletter 36
[1]A selection of our best article links of the week, plus featured
FiveBooks interviews, videos, quotations and more.
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Best of the Week
[5]The Civil Archipelago
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5. http://b.rw/rEHsnK
David Remnick | New Yorker | 12 December 2011
Superb, and superbly readable, account of Russia under Putin. Captures
cynicism, corruption and violence of the state; its historical
underpinnings; and growing discontent following latest parliamentary
elections [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/civil-archipelago
[7]The Overjustification Effect
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7. http://b.rw/uMOkbT
Anonymous | You Are Not So Smart | 14 December 2011
Superb essay on money, happiness. "No matter how you turn it, the science
says once your basic needs are taken care of, money and other rewards don’t
make you happier." If you think differently, you're deluding yourself.
Here's why [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/overjustification-effect
[9]Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
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9. http://b.rw/v5RX8k
Christopher Buckley | New Yorker | 16 December 2011
Personal recollections of the brilliant essayist and debater by one of his
best friends. "Lunch began at 1pm and ended at 11.30pm. At about nine
o'clock, he said, 'Should we order more _food_?'" [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/postscript-christopher-hitchens-1949-2011
[11]Meet The Internet’s Newest Boy Genius
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11. http://b.rw/snmNa3
Om Malik | Gigaom | 13 December 2011
"In my life I have met many smart people — Jeff Bezos, Andy Bechtolsheim,
Larry Page, Andy Grove, Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla and Bret Taylor. D’Aloisio
belongs with them, I am convinced." This is the story of a remarkable 16
year old [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/meet-internet’s-newest-boy-genius
[13]The Book Of Jobs
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13. http://b.rw/sPtigI
Joseph Stiglitz | Vanity Fair | 11 December 2011
"Even when we repair the banking system, we’ll still be in deep
trouble—because we were already in deep trouble. That seeming golden age of
2007 was far from a paradise." Here's why, and what we can learn from the
Great Depression [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/book-jobs
[15]Could This Be The End Of Cancer?
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15. http://b.rw/sfYP6M
Sharon Begley | Newsweek | 12 December 2011
"After four decades of largely unfulfilled hopes, scientists have hit on a
potential cure that few thought possible a few years ago: Vaccines." Much
still to prove but early clinical trials show promising, if variable,
results [16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/could-be-end-cancer
[17]The Bitch, The Stud And The Prawn
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17. http://b.rw/vgs2N0
Adam Curtis | BBC | 8 December 2011
Another terrifically enjoyable piece by documentary maker, illustrated with
video clips. Tells story of "geezer capitalism" through rise and fall of
gangster-turned-businessman, George Walker. Sardonic humour much in evidence
[18]Comments
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18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bitch-stud-and-prawn
[19]Freakonomics: What Went Wrong?
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19. http://b.rw/usfVuD
Andrew Gelman & Kaiser Fung | American Scientist | 13 December 2011
The book sold 4 million copies. Impressive for a statistics-themed work. A
sequel followed, an NYT column, even a film. But something's gone awry: The
Freakonomics duo have started to mislead us with erroneous, speculative
claims [20]Comments
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20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/freakonomics-what-went-wrong
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Daron Acemoglu on Inequality
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21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daron-acemoglu-on-inequality
The US, the UK and many other countries have become far less equal over the
past 30 years. The MIT economics professor says it's important we understand
how and why this happened, and what it means for our societies [22]Read on
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daron-acemoglu-on-inequality
Featured Topic
[23]Christopher Hitchens
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23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/christopher-hitchens-0
Remembering the superlative essayist, polemicist and debater [24]Read on
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24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/christopher-hitchens-0
Reader Recommendations
_@obitmag #browsings #somethingtoread #longreads_ The Celluloid Coffin: The
movies’ Top 10 greatest death scenes [25]t.co/Q4Te9DU9[26]More like this
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25. http://t.co/Q4Te9DU9
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[27]Book of the Day
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/brighton-rock-by-graham-greene
[28]Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/brighton-rock-by-graham-greene
[29]Peter James says: “This was the first crime novel I came across where
the central characters were the villains. They were the most important and
interesting characters” [30]FiveBooks Archive
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29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-james-on-crime-fiction
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[31]'Loreley'
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/loreley
Sand art. Amazing
[32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[33]Maud Newton, on delay
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33. http://twitter.com/maudnewton/status/146384694437625856
"I don't think of it as procrastination. I think of it as allowing my work
to accumulate urgency"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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