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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [1 Feb 2012]

1 February 2012

 Best of the Moment

Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere

Paul Mason | Scribd | 31 January 2012

Compelling tour d'horizon of political, social, economic turmoil. Is this a "50-year moment" where crisis leads to protectionism, economic nationalism, de-globalisation? Or could it be something much bigger – a 500-year event? Comments

Who In God's Name Is Mitt Romney?

Frank Rich | New York | 29 January 2012

Mitt Romney may be a political hack's idea of an electable conservative president. But many voters have other ideas, certainly if South Carolina is anything to go by. So, who is Mitt? What drives him and what does he care about? Comments

Burning Man

Jay Kirk | GQ | 31 January 2012

Remarkable story of Sam Brown, who suffered unimaginable burns in a bomb blast in Afghanistan. To alleviate the pain, he eventually turned to Virtual Reality. And discovered a video game more effective at killing pain than morphine Comments

European Politicians In Denial As Greece Unravels

Sven Boll et al | Spiegel | 30 January 2012

Supposed rescue plans for Greece will never work. Greece isn't illiquid. It's insolvent. Lending more money will only make things worse. What's needed is a shock wave of defaults and bankruptcies. But who dares say so? Comments

Elmore Leonard: Great American Novelist

Philip Hensher | Guardian | 29 January 2012

Beyond genre. "Anyone can write a plot in which crooks kidnap each other to extract each other's kidneys. It takes an Elmore Leonard to conceive of one in which the kidneys are sold back to their indignant original owner" Comments

As Though We Were Immortal

Namit Arora | 3 Quarks Daily | 30 January 2012

Writer recalls visit to Varanasi, India, one of seven holy sites of the Hindus. Short history of the city, followed by reflections on the traditional cremations that still take place daily along banks of the Ganges Comments

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