Weekly newsletter 58
[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
[6]The 1 Percent’s Problem
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6. http://b.rw/LJEGnX
Joseph Stiglitz | Vanity Fair | 31 May 2012
"There are good reasons why plutocrats should care about inequality —
even if they’re thinking only about themselves. The rich do not exist
in a vacuum. They need a functioning society around them to sustain
their position" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/1-percent’s-problem
[8]Jonathan Franzen: The Path To Freedom
Links:
8. http://b.rw/KqD8Bl
Jonathan Franzen | Guardian | 25 May 2012
"I'm going to address four unpleasant questions that novelists often
get asked. They're maddening not just because we hear them so often but
also because, with one exception, they're difficult to answer and,
therefore, worth asking" [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jonathan-franzen-path-freedom
[10]The Descent Of Edward Wilson
Links:
10. http://b.rw/KSg11g
Richard Dawkins | Prospect | 23 May 2012
Dawkins reviews EO Wilson's new title "The Social Conquest of Earth".
He's not impressed: "To borrow from Dorothy Parker, this is not a book
to be tossed lightly aside. It should be thrown with great force. And
sincere regret" [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/descent-edward-wilson
[12]Secret 'Kill List' Proves A Test Of Obama's Principles And Will
Links:
12. http://b.rw/KY269V
Jo Becker & Scott Shane | NYT | 29 May 2012
"Mr Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret 'nominations'
process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, of which the
capture part has become largely theoretical." Current and former
advisers explain how it works [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-kill-list-proves-test-obamas-principles-and-will
[14]Music: It's In Your Head, Changing Your Brain
Links:
14. http://b.rw/MUZ76R
Elizabeth Landau | CNN | 28 May 2012
On the science of music. Why do songs get stuck in our heads? What's
the connection between memory and music? Can monkeys recognise beats?
Why is it so difficult for musicians to start playing a song from a
random point in the tune? [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/music-its-your-head-changing-your-brain
[16]Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World
Links:
16. http://b.rw/L223xT
Wil Hylton | NYT | 30 May 2012
"Each of the bugs will have a mission. Some will be designed to devour
things, like pollution. Others will generate food and fuel." But all
will share one extraordinary feature: They will be custom engineered,
from synthetic DNA [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/craig-venter’s-bugs-might-save-world
[18]To Cheat Or Not To Cheat
Links:
18. http://b.rw/JD9X0q
Tom Verducci | Sports Illustrated | 29 May 2012
"This is a story about the hundreds, even thousands, of anonymous
ballplayers whose careers and lives were changed by a temptation that
defined an era." The temptation to cheat, to improve their game with
the use of steroids [19]Comments
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cheat-or-not-cheat
[20]Why We Lie
Links:
20. http://b.rw/Kqv836
Dan Ariely | WSJ | 25 May 2012
"We tend to think that people are either honest or dishonest. But that
is not how dishonesty works." In a series of experiments, Ariely
discovers how, why, and by how much people cheat. The answers may
surprise (h/t Daniel Lippman) [21]Comments
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-we-lie-0
FiveBooks Interview
[22]Anatole Kaletsky on A New Capitalism
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatole-kaletsky-on-new-capitalism
We need to build an entirely new market system, not just patch up the
old one, says the economics commentator, who discusses the long-term
fallout of the financial crisis and possible futures for the eurozone
[23]Read on
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatole-kaletsky-on-new-capitalism
Featured Topic
[24]Air Travel
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel
Airlines opened to us a world of thrilling possibility. But, for many,
flying is still a terrifying prospect. Crashes, though rare, do happen.
And then there are the security procedures bequeathed to us by 9/11
[25]Read on
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel
Reader Recommendations
@nuzav Queen's diamond jubilee: a vapid family and a mirage of
nationhood. What's to celebrate? | Polly Toynbee [26]t.co/InvpOi7I
[27]#browsings [28]More like this
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26. http://t.co/InvpOi7I
27. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[29]Book of the Day
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/what-does-it-all-mean-by-thomas-nagel
[30]What Does It All Mean? by Thomas Nagel
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/what-does-it-all-mean-by-thomas-nagel
[31]Nigel Warburton says: “Nagel goes through all the major areas of
philosophy with a very light touch. The writing is almost Orwellian in
its simplicity and directness” [32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[33]Measuring The Universe
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/measuring-universe
A short geometry lesson
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[35]Nassim Nicholas Taleb, on medicine
Links:
35. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/05/noise-and-signal-nassim-taleb
"If you want to accelerate someone’s death, give him a personal
doctor"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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