Weekly newsletter 44
[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]Attack Dog
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5. http://b.rw/xPD9Au
Jane Mayer | New Yorker | 6 February 2012
A very nice guy who makes very nasty ads. This is Larry McCarthy,
master of the negative TV ad, now working for Romney Super PAC.
Shredded Dukakis. Did for Gingrich in Iowa. What counts is what works,
not what's true [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/attack-dog
[7]Atheism In America
Links:
7. http://b.rw/AuHoS2
Julian Baggini | FT | 3 February 2012
Fascinating investigation into discrimination, isolation of atheists in
the US. “I’d rather have a big ‘L’ or ‘lesbian’ written across my shirt
than a big ‘A’ or ‘atheist’, because people are going to handle it
better” [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/atheism-america
[9]Zap Your Brain Into The Zone
Links:
9. http://b.rw/wKqbHH
Sally Adee | New Scientist | 6 February 2012
Journalist tries virtual reality weapons training: "I am failing
miserably. I'm so demoralised that I'm tempted to put down the rifle
and leave." But then they bring out the electrodes, and wire her brain
to a nine-volt battery [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/zap-your-brain-zone
[11]18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque,
and 1 Man Dead in Ohio
Links:
11. http://b.rw/zyS8VN
Chris Heath | GQ | 6 February 2012
"Deputy Jonathan Merry was two hours into his shift in Zanesville when
the call came through about a lion and a bear on the loose." When he
arrived on scene he found a tiger, a black bear, two lionesses. And
then it got weirder [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/18-tigers-17-lions-8-bears-3-cougars-2-wolves-1-baboon-1-macaque-and-1-man-dead-ohio
[13]Spinoza’s Vision Of Freedom, And Ours
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13. http://b.rw/y2BHw5
Steven Nadler | NYT | 5 February 2012
"Well before John Stuart Mill, Spinoza had the acuity to recognize that
the unfettered freedom of expression is in the state’s own best
interest." And in our post 9/11 world, there is every reason to revisit
the Dutch philosopher [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/spinoza’s-vision-freedom-and-ours
[15]Man In Full
Links:
15. http://b.rw/zXhhkk
Chris Ballard | Sports Illustrated | 6 February 2012
A story about wrestling and wrestlers. So far, so unpromising. And then
there's the unattractive frat boy violence on page one. But it develops
into the most moving account of confronting adversity you'll read in a
long time [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/man-full
[17]DIY Science: Splitting The Atom
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17. http://b.rw/w1O2yJ
Jon Ronson | Guardian | 3 February 2012
Interview with Richard Handl, who did try it at home. "First, he got a
saucepan. Into it he put his radioactive elements—the americium and
radium. He mixed them up with sulphuric acid and beryllium, and turned
on the stove" [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/diy-science-splitting-atom
[19]Much Ado About Nothing
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19. http://b.rw/yUlXwR
SL Price | Vanity Fair | 10 February 2012
Barry Levinson's 1982 comedy Diner had no special effects or stars, was
about nothing much. But Price makes the bold claim that no movie from
that decade was more influential. Would Seinfeld have happened without
it? [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/much-ado-about-nothing
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Philip Plait on the Wonders of the Universe
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-plait-on-wonders-universe
The astronomer and author of the acclaimed Bad Astronomy blog gives us
a superbly informative beginner’s guide to the galaxy, taking in the
birthdate of the universe, solar flares and much, much more [22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-plait-on-wonders-universe
Featured Topic
[23]Human Modification
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Scientists are experimenting with different ways to enhance humans.
What's possible? And what may be possible in the future? Does messing
with Mother Nature raise ethical questions? [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/human-modification
Reader Recommendations
@maisonneuvemag Men who cuddle with mountain lions: inside Canada's
bizarre exotic-animal trade [25]t.co/zv8n6sah by @klaidlaw #longreads
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
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25. http://t.co/zv8n6sah
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/great-war-and-modern-memory-by-paul-fussell
[29]The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/great-war-and-modern-memory-by-paul-fussell
[30]Wade Davis says: “To understand the sociological impact of the war,
not just in arts but in politics and the entire shift of the centuries,
this is the greatest source” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/wade-davis-on-legacies-world-war-one
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[32]The Strangest Village In Britain
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/strangest-village-britain
2005 documentary looks at social experiment of Botton, half of whose
inhabitants have learning difficulties
[33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[34]Kenan Malik, on belief
Links:
34. http://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/who-needs-god
"No one comes to believe in God because they have been convinced by
the arguments for God’s existence"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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