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                                                 Ron Rosenbaum | Literary Hub | 28th October 2025 What went relatively unnoticed in Dylan’s many polite snubs to the Swedish Nobel Academy was an essay he gave them months later, about the literature that had influenced him. In it, he paid tribute to All Quiet on the Western Front, writing: “it’s a book where you lose your childhood, your faith in a meaningful world”. “Dylan makes the point that it’s about the failures of civilisation” (1,500 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! William J. Long | The Immanent Frame | 8th October 2025 Democracy in the modern world is largely a competition of votes between self-interested actors aggregated by interest groups and political parties. The Buddhist idea of sangha offers an alternative model of deliberative governance that it probably sustained for centuries. In contrast to Western liberal democracies today, sangha emphasised duties to others as much as rights for oneself (2,800 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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