Weekly newsletter 63
[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 Rotten Heart Of Finance
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6. http://b.rw/PjOhtr
Anonymous | Economist | 5 July 2012
The Libor scandal that began in London with Barclays is about to go
global. "This is the banking industry’s tobacco moment," says the chief
executive of a multinational bank. "It’s that big." As many as 20 firms
are now in the frame [7]Comments
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7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/rotten-heart-finance
[8]The Medication Generation
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8. http://b.rw/ONGYJe
Katherine Sharpe | WSJ | 29 June 2012
It's a shocking thought, but plenty of young people in America today
have spent the majority of their lives on antidepressants. Often as a
result of misdiagnosis. What must it mean for their sense of identity,
emotional development? [9]Comments
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9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/medication-generation
[10]Brain Time
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10. http://b.rw/RkFXqP
David Eagleman | David Eagleman | 5 July 2012
Fascinating essay. "The days of thinking of time as a river—evenly
flowing, always advancing—are over. Time perception, just like vision,
is a construction of the brain and is shockingly easy to manipulate
experimentally" [11]Comments
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11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/brain-time
[12]After America
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12. http://b.rw/N3GWXA
Dexter Filkins | New Yorker | 2 July 2012
Afghans fear that their civil war, suspended but never settled, will
resume when US troops leave. "Everyone is preparing. It will be
bloodier and longer than before, street to street. This time, everyone
has more guns, more to lose" [13]Comments
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13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/after-america
[14]Roberts Switched Views To Uphold Health Care Law
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14. http://b.rw/N3VRVe
Jan Crawford | CBS | 1 July 2012
An impressive scoop. And probably as full an account as we can hope for
in the short term of the manoeuvring behind the health-care verdict.
But it can't be good for America to have the Supreme Court leaking and
spinning like this [15]Comments
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15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/roberts-switched-views-uphold-health-care-law
[16]The Audition
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16. http://b.rw/KRjjBE
Jennie Dorris | Boston Magazine | 28 June 2012
Mike Tetreault is a percussionist. He has 10 minutes to impress a
Boston Symphony Orchestra selection committee. A single mistake and
it's over. A flawless performance and he could join one of the world's
most renowned orchestras [17]Comments
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17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/audition
[18]The Psychopath Test
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18. http://b.rw/NyDCDS
Sandy Hingston | Philadelphia | 1 July 2012
Adrian Raine is a world leader in neurocriminology. He believes simple
medical tests can reveal predispositions to psychopathy. In the future
he thinks screening will be so reliable all children should undergo it.
Is he right? [19]Comments
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19. http://thebrowser.com/articles/psychopath-test
[20]Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld
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20. http://b.rw/N1zDzJ
Anonymous | Telegraph | 29 June 2012
Straight onto the list of most thrilling obituaries ever. Fled Occupied
France in WWII; recruited by British special forces; led series of
daring sabotage missions; faced execution twice; engineered most
dramatic escapes imaginable [21]Comments
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21. http://thebrowser.com/articles/count-robert-de-la-rochefoucauld
FiveBooks Interview
[22]Carol Dweck on Success
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carol-dweck-on-success
Challenge-seeking, resilience and the right attitude towards failure
are key factors in success, says the researcher and author of Mindset,
who tells us about growth versus fixed mindsets, and how to change your
brain [23]Read on
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23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carol-dweck-on-success
Featured Topic
[24]Hunt for the Higgs Boson
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24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/hunt-higgs-boson
As CERN claim discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs
boson, we delve behind the news and ask: What is the elusive Higgs
boson? Why does it matter whether it exists? If its discovery is
confirmed, what happens next? [25]Read on
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25. http://thebrowser.com/reports/hunt-higgs-boson
Reader Recommendations
@obitmag "To Paint is Very Difficult…" Happy Birthday to Frida Kahlo
t.co/VBaokiVI #longreads #longformorg #somethingtoread [26]#browsings
[27]More like this
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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/blessings-disguise-by-alec-guinness
[29]Blessings in Disguise by Alec Guinness
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/blessings-disguise-by-alec-guinness
[30]Craig Brown says: “I rather like Alec Guinness as a diarist. He is
sheltered and quiet, quite slippery in a way. You can’t quite put a
finger on him” [31]FiveBooks Archive
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30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/craig-brown-on-diaries-and-autobiography
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[32]The Higgs Boson Explained
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/higgs-boson-explained
In comic format. Enjoyable and accessible [33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[34]Christopher Hitchens, on Bashar al-Assad
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34. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/syrias-torture-archipelago-and-romneys-listless-foreign-policy/2012/07/03/gJQA1MgHLW_blog.html
"Bony-thin and with a scrubby moustache, he looks for all the world
like a cretin impersonating a toothbrush"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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