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Sunday, January 22, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [22 Jan 2012]

22 January 2012

 Best of the Moment

Afghanistan: The Best Way To Peace

Anatol Lieven | NYRB | 20 January 2012

Wide-ranging review-essay. In brief: Western occupation of Afghanistan has been even more incompetent and self-destructive than the Soviet one. We've reached deadlock with Taliban. So talk to them. Make it a peaceful deadlock Comments

Blowing Up The Book

Alexandra Alter | WSJ | 20 January 2012

Intriguing look at a new generation of "enhanced e-books". Digital titles that include videos, songs, animated graphics, all woven into the text. Do they represent the future of publishing? Or will they struggle to go mainstream? Comments

Should A Captain Go Down With His Ship?

Theodore Dalrymple | Telegraph | 18 January 2012

On courage and duty in the workplace. What does an employer have the right to expect? How do any of us know how we'll react when tested? And what happens afterwards? Costa Concordia captain's story is all too human Comments

The Splintered Skeptic

Richard Marshall | 3AM Magazine | 20 January 2012

Fascinating interview with philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel. "There’s no way to develop an ambitious, broad-ranging, self-consistent metaphysical system without doing serious violence to common sense somewhere. It's just impossible" Comments

Will Emerging Markets Fall In 2012?

Jeffrey Frankel | Project Syndicate | 20 January 2012

"Will China experience a hard landing? Will a decline in commodity prices hit Latin America? Will the European Union’s sovereign-debt woes spread to neighbours such as Turkey?" Here's a theory suggesting the answer "yes" Comments

The First Sexual Revolution

Faramerz Dabhoiwala | Guardian | 20 January 2012

Fine essay on the origins of sexual liberation. In mid-seventeenth century adulterers, if caught, were simply executed. But within a hundred years, everything had changed. Even pregnant brides were commonplace. Why the turnaround? Comments

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