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Friday, May 25, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [25 May 2012]

25 May 2012
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 Best of the Moment

The Primal Ache: What Adam Smith Knew About Inequality

John Paul Rollert | Boston Review | 23 May 2012

"Being wealthy and feeling rich are often inversely correlated. In a room full of rich men, only one doesn’t feel poor by comparison. This lesson is often overlooked in the ongoing debate over income inequality" Comments

Guess What's Cooking In The Garage

Jack Hitt | Popsci | 22 May 2012

Inside the world of DIY synthetic biology. Where amateurs attempt genetic engineering in homemade labs. Will it lead to a wave of scientific breakthroughs, and valuable new life forms? Or a new generation of Dr Frankensteins? Comments

The Time Britain Slid Into Chaos

Michael Wood | BBC | 25 May 2012

Divisive inequality of wealth; rising unemployment and inflation; anarchist riots on the streets of Europe; rise of extremist political parties. 2012? No, 5th Century AD. What can fall of the Roman empire tell us about euro crisis? Comments

In The Beginning Was The Mudskipper?

Carl Zimmer | Loom | 23 May 2012

Another magnificent piece of writing from Zimmer. This time on arctic adventurers, fish, and "one of the most crucial transitions in history of life": How the first tetrapods emerged from water, and started to move about on dry land Comments

Why Private Equity Firms Like Bain Really Are The Worst Of Capitalism

Josh Kosman | Rolling Stone | 23 May 2012

A rant, yes, but enjoyable. "Romney wants us to believe that critics of private equity are against capitalism. They’re not. They’re against a predatory system created and perpetuated by Wall Street solely to pump its own profits" Comments

Take Me To Your Lieder

Stephen Fry | New Adventures | 24 May 2012

On Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, and why classical music is worth the learning curve. "You’ll hate it at first perhaps. But leave it on. Leave it on over the next few days and suddenly, it will steal into you and never leave you" Comments

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