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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [12 Dec 2012]

12 December 2012

 Best of the Moment

The 'Just Sisters' Defence

Evan Osnos | New Yorker | 11 December 2012

Surge of sex scandals in past three weeks reinforces impression that Chinese politics looks pretty interesting close-up. Chinese media, please note: Exposing abuses of power is good, but it's not the same as rooting them out Comments

Property Rights In Space

Rand Simberg | New Atlantis | 1 December 2012

Private companies prepare to launch rockets, extract minerals from asteroids. But still no legal system for assigning property rights in space. Can it be done? Governments bridle at international law, let alone interplanetary law Comments

How To Win At Forecasting

Philip Tetlock | Edge | 6 December 2012

Conversation with psychology professor Philip Tetlock about the accuracy of political forecasting, bias, status and Nate Silver. If we can measure the results of predictions, and we can, will it improve the standard of forecasting? Comments

Dozenalists Of The World Unite! Rise Up Against The Tyranny Of Ten!

Alex Bellos | Guardian | 12 December 2012

Today is 12/12/12, a symbolic day for those who'd like to replace our decimal number system with one based on 12s. Their reason? It makes telling the time more intuitive and arithmetic simpler. Here's how Comments

Invasion Of The Cyber Hustlers

Steven Poole | New Statesman | 6 December 2012

Attack on internet "booster gurus" Jeff Jarvis, Jay Rosen, Clay Shirky et al. "They agitate for constant revolution. The main beneficiaries will be the giant technology companies before whose virtual image they prostrate themselves" Comments

Must Philosophers Be Parents?

Justin Smith | Berfrois | 7 December 2012

"I’ve been told three times in the past year that one cannot realize one’s potential as a philosopher unless one is a parent. Implicit in this presumption is the idea that adults learn things from the children in their lives" Comments

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