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Monday, September 10, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [10 Sep 2012]

10 September 2012
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 Best of the Moment

Is College A Lousy Investment?

Megan McArdle | Newsweek | 9 September 2012

"For my entire adult life, an education has been the most important thing for middle-class households. [But] is all this investment in college education really worth it?" The US may have reached a point where the answer is "no" Comments

The Disappeared

Salman Rushdie | New Yorker | 10 September 2012

Rushdie describes the genesis of The Satanic Verses and what the fatwa did to his life. When he was first accused of being offensive, he was perplexed. He thought he'd made a genuine attempt to engage. Now we know better Comments

The Tragedy Of The European Union And How To Resolve It

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 Comments

Philosophy v Science: Which Can Answer The Big Questions Of Life?

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 Comments

Trending Upwards

Michael Horowitz, Philip Tetlock | Foreign Policy | 6 September 2012

Predicting events even five years into the future, most experts are in the same league as dart-throwing chimps. But national security scenarios must look 15-20 years ahead. What's the best way to construct them? Comments

How Children Succeed

Paul Tough | Slate | 5 September 2012

Or what a very boring test tells us about motivation, IQ and a child's prospects in later life. "Without anyone realizing it, the test was measuring a critical noncognitive skill that mattered a lot in the grown-up world" Comments

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