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Friday, November 16, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [16 Nov 2012]

16 November 2012
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 Best of the Moment

A Mormon Reporter On The Romney Bus

McKay Coppins | BuzzFeed | 14 November 2012

Has Mitt Romney "normalised" Mormonism, made it possible for there to be a future Mormon president? Who better to ask than Coppins, a Mormon himself, who observed the Romney campaign at close quarters and saw how the issue played Comments

Fetish For Making Things Ignores Real Work

John Kay | John Kay/FT | 14 November 2012

"The idea that manufacturing is the central economic activity and everything else is somehow subordinate is deeply ingrained in human thinking." But why privilege, say, drugmakers above doctors and research scientists? Comments

Sweet Forgiveness

Mike Konczal | Boston Review | 12 November 2012

How can the US escape its low-growth/high-unemployment trap? One theory is that the fundamental problem is the welter of households facing unpayable debts. If that's so, debt relief would help. But it's gone right out of fashion Comments

Oliver Sacks' Most Mind-Bending Experiment

Adam Higginbotham | Telegraph | 13 November 2012

Engaging profile-cum-interview. Renowned neurologist; enthusiastic drug taker in his youth. "On a massive dose of morphine, he lay in bed for 12 hours watching the Battle of Agincourt take place on the sleeve of his dressing gown" Comments

How A Vicious Circle Of Self-Interest Sank A Californian City

Tim Reid, Cezary Podkul & Ryan McNeill | Reuters | 13 November 2012

How did San Bernardino, once a prosperous, middle-class community, become a bankrupt, crime-ridden, foreclosure-blighted basket case? It's surprisingly clear and straightforward; a train wreck that could have been averted Comments

The Eugenic Impulse

Nathaniel Comfort | Chronicle Review | 12 November 2012

It "drives us to eliminate disease, to live longer and healthier, with greater intelligence and a better adjustment to the conditions of society". The question is not whether there ought to be such an impulse, but how to proceed Comments

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