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Kasra | Bits Of Wonder | 17th August 2025 “In living things, unlike in machines, unreliable parts make a reliable whole.” A “mechanical mindset emphasises reduction into simple parts and total control over every aspect of the system” whereas the “organismal mindset emphasises creative autonomy over predictability”. In a society overrun by machines, we should be careful not to let the mechanical mindset take over (1,300 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Michael Shindler | Et In Arcadia We Go | 17th August 2025 Why do French patisseries recoil from pistachio croissants, when they are perfectly at ease with pistachios in their macarons, eclairs, and financiers? A delightfully absurd exploration, featuring a potted history of the croissant, an encounter with a man whose face could be a “caricature of a gloomy Teutonic philosopher of the 19C”, plus wild excursions into Kierkegaard, Jung and other worthies (7,300 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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