Weekly newsletter 73
[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]Obama's Way
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6. http://b.rw/RGNnYu
Michael Lewis | Vanity Fair | 11 September 2012
Admiring portrait. Much discussed, now ungated. Perceptively done. Good
quotes. "There are some things about being president that I still have
difficulty doing. For example, faking emotion." Obama has found his
Schlesinger [7]Comments
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7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obamas-way
[8]The Tragedy Of The European Union And How To Resolve It
Links:
8. http://b.rw/THgJVz
George Soros | NYRB | 8 September 2012
ECB's bond-buying plan has ensured the euro will survive, says Soros.
But many political decisions about the future of the EU will need to be
taken in the next year or so. This is Soros's analysis of the choices
that lie ahead [9]Comments
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9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tragedy-european-union-and-how-resolve-it
[10]My Life As A TaskRabbit
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10. http://b.rw/US6Xjd
Brad Stone | Businessweek | 13 September 2012
A "backbreaking, soul-draining journey into what Silicon Valley venture
capitalists often call the distributed workforce". Essentially, you bid
online to do the tedious or unpleasant tasks that other people don't
want to do [11]Comments
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11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-life-taskrabbit
[12]Nobody's Century: The American Prospect In Post-Imperial Times
Links:
12. http://b.rw/RMdXcR
Chas Freeman | Middle East Policy Council | 5 September 2012
Speech. "The only real menace to our freedoms is our own willingness to
supplant the rule of law with ever more elements of a garrison state,
[while] the so-called war on terror has become an endless run in a
military squirrel cage" [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/nobodys-century-american-prospect-post-imperial-times
[14]Cosmo, The Hacker 'God' Who Fell To Earth
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14. http://b.rw/Od1kr1
Mat Honan | Wired | 11 September 2012
Sequel to last month's story in which tech writer Honan described how
his life descended into turmoil when he was hacked. This time, he goes
eyeball-to-eyeball with a 15-year-old master hacker who tells him how
and why he does it [15]Comments
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15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cosmo-hacker-god-who-fell-earth
[16]Philosophy v Science: Which Can Answer The Big Questions Of Life?
Links:
16. http://b.rw/PVy9Kz
Julian Baggini & Lawrence Krauss | Observer | 9 September 2012
Philosopher contends that science is engaging in "mission creep" but
doesn't have all the answers. Some things are better addressed through
other disciplines, such as philosophy. A physicist responds
[17]Comments
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17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/philosophy-v-science-which-can-answer-big-questions-life
[18]Boy's Own Broadmoor
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18. http://b.rw/TSGS3K
Patrick McGrath | Intelligent Life | 11 September 2012
Novelist recalls growing up in high-security psychiatric hospital, run
by his father, housing some of Britain's most violent criminals. "As a
small boy you tend not to think about whether you're having an unusual
childhood" [19]Comments
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19. http://thebrowser.com/articles/boys-own-broadmoor
[20]Paddled
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20. http://b.rw/RQvMrk
Christopher Beam | GQ | 11 September 2012
When he moved to Beijing for work, Chris Beam thought his proficiency
in ping-pong would help him win the acceptance if not admiration of new
Chinese acquaintances. In this charming piece, he explains how wrong
that turned out to be [21]Comments
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21. http://thebrowser.com/articles/paddled
FiveBooks Interview
[22]Eric Olsen on How to Write
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
From their egos and anxieties to the way they work, writers have more
in common than we might think. The journalist and editor takes us
inside the writing process and reveals who gives the best advice for
aspiring authors [23]Read on
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23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
Featured Topic
[24]The Fall of Lance Armstrong
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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
@joespring Why did 10 people die on Everest this past spring? A must
read by @GraysonSchaffer. [26]t.co/Bogwfu6c #longreads #longform
[27]#browsings [28]More like this
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26. http://t.co/Bogwfu6c
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28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[29]Book of the Day
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/perfume-by-patrick-suskind
[30]Perfume by Patrick Suskind
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30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/perfume-by-patrick-suskind
[31]Denise Hamilton says: “It’s a very lush, richly imagined book. It
just bursts with sensuality and the smells of Paris in the 18th
century” [32]FiveBooks Archive
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31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/denise-hamilton-on-perfume
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[33]First Look: iPhone 5
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/first-look-iphone-5
LA. It's a city of pretty savvy shoppers, right?
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[35]Arthur Schopenhauer, on reading
Links:
35. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/09/on-reading-and-books?
"It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the
time to read them"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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