Weekly newsletter 72
[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]I Often Have To Cut Into The Brain
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6. http://b.rw/TTSuAK
Henry Marsh | Granta | 3 September 2012
Surgeon describes operation on pineal gland. "The idea that I am
cutting through thought itself, that memories, dreams and reflections
should have the consistency of soft white jelly, is simply too strange
to understand" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-often-have-cut-brain
[8]Wall Street's War On The Cities
Links:
8. http://b.rw/PU274f
Michael Hudson | Counterpunch | 31 August 2012
"The pace of Wall Street’s war against the 99% is quickening in
preparation for the kill. So it’s time to default. Otherwise, Wall
Street will turn us into Greece. That is the financial plan, to be
sure" [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wall-streets-war-cities
[10]Clash Of The Titans
Links:
10. http://b.rw/T9JVWA
Peter Pomerantsev | Newsweek | 3 September 2012
A court case in London, the most expensive in UK legal history, pitting
one Russian oligarch against another. Pomerantsev has the fascinating
back-story on Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. And a certain
Vladimir Putin [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/clash-titans
[12]Marathon Man
Links:
12. http://b.rw/SbPhkU
Mark Singer | New Yorker | 30 July 2012
Is Kip Litton a marathon fraud? Looks like it. But how does he do it,
when races are so closely monitored and nearby roads closed off? (Story
unlocked by New Yorker in light of Paul Ryan's recent remarks on
marathons – h/t @nuzav) [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/marathon-man
[14]Beyond A Joke: The Truth About Why We Laugh
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14. http://b.rw/OPMASJ
Robert Provine | Guardian | 2 September 2012
Great piece on the psychology of laughter. It isn't normally a response
to jokes; it's a social signal, not an expression of emotion. "The
relationship between laughter and speech is akin to punctuation in
written communication" [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/beyond-joke-truth-about-why-we-laugh
[16]Obituary: Sun Myung Moon
Links:
16. http://b.rw/TTQcBM
Anonymous | Telegraph | 3 September 2012
Founder of the Moonies. "Jesus informed Moon that He had been unable to
complete His mission on earth due to unforeseen circumstances, so Moon
had been chosen to succeed Him and to establish the Kingdom of Heaven
upon Earth" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-sun-myung-moon
[18]The Gangster Princess Of Beverly Hills
Links:
18. http://b.rw/O8gjYS
Sabrina Rubin Erdely | Rolling Stone | 31 August 2012
She claimed to be a model, a pop star, even heiress to the Samsung
fortune. She lived in LA and called herself the Korean Paris Hilton.
But then the DEA caught her out. This is the bizarre story of drug
trafficker Lisette Lee [19]Comments
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gangster-princess-beverly-hills
[20]Will I Live Longer Than My Cat?
Links:
20. http://b.rw/OWNQSw
David Spiegelhalter | BBC | 4 September 2012
Statistician considers the probability of long life in charming short
article. "It's odd to think we have been essentially ageing only nine
months for each year that passes." But that is the effect of rising
life expectancy [21]Comments
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/articles/will-i-live-longer-my-cat
FiveBooks Interview
[22]Carl Zimmer on The Strangeness of Life
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-zimmer-on-strangeness-life
The science writer and award-winning blogger discusses the strangeness
of life, from viruses to manipulative flatworms [23]Read on
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-zimmer-on-strangeness-life
Featured Topic
[24]The Fall of Lance Armstrong
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Once a hero, but now the game is up. Here's how the aggressively
preserved reputation of Lance Armstrong finally crumbled [25]Read on
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Reader Recommendations
@dsnelles I wrote about the bizarre historical practice of putting
animals on trial for @maisonneuvemag: [26]t.co/f2CbBCD5 [27]#browsings
[28]More like this
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26. http://t.co/f2CbBCD5
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/essence-chocolate-by-john-scharffenberger-and-robert-steinberg
[30]The Essence of Chocolate by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essence-chocolate-by-john-scharffenberger-and-robert-steinberg
[31]David Lebovitz says: “The book is great because it has recipes, but
it also talks about what chocolate is and how various cultures use it”
[32]FiveBooks Archive
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31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lebovitz-on-desserts
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[33]Legitimate Rape
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/legitimate-rape
"It's like regular birth control. Except it's imagined by crazy people"
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[35]Geoff Dyer, on Conrad
Links:
35. http://www.guernicamag.com/features/ship-write
"Heart of Darkness is not just a book but a modern myth—everyone has
read it, even if they have not done so personally"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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