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Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [23 Dec 2012]

23 December 2012

 Best of the Moment

How He Got It Right

Andrew Hacker | NYRB | 21 December 2012

On big data, probability, Wall Street, Nate Silver, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Life gets less predictable, even as our analytical methods improve, because the complexity of our society grows faster than our analytics do Comments

Snow Fall

John Branch | NYT | 20 December 2012

Account of deadly avalanche in Washington state earlier this year that enveloped a group of expert skiers. This is part one of what's a long, compelling narrative Comments

Lunch With The FT: Tyler Cowen

John McDermott | FT | 21 December 2012

“What I would like to vote for is a candidate that is socially liberal, a fiscal conservative, broadly libertarian with a small ‘l’, but sensible and pragmatic, and with a chance of winning. That’s more or less the empty set” Comments

This Sacred Text

Jonathan Freedland | Guardian | 21 December 2012

The US Constitution is both a treasure and a curse. Any policy proposal, whatever its merits, must be proven compatible with the views of a group of 18th-century politicians whose words are revered almost as those of deities Comments

On Not Believing In Canada

Daniel Davies | Crooked Timber | 21 December 2012

Christmas parable. "As I grow older, I must admit, the prospect of Canada seems comforting and spiritually enriching rather than irritating. My wife is a firm believer in Canada and insisted on bringing up the children as believers" Comments

Battle Of The Somm

Ben Schott | NYT | 23 December 2012

Guide to sommelier's jargon — as applied to both wines and customers. A "whale" or "baller" buys thousand-dollar bottles. An "extra big baller" spends more than $100,000 in the course of an evening. A "cork dork" is a wine geek Comments

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