Newsletter 387

31 Jul 2011 • 3 min read

[5]A Speech I Will Probably Not Be Giving
Links:
5. http://b.rw/pei9My

Steve Wheeler | Stealweaver | 27 July 2011

Superb meditation on climate change, cognitive dissonance. We know there are
terrible problems facing the world, but we pretend they aren't there and we
don't expect anybody to do anything about them. We've lost control of
reality [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/speech-i-will-probably-not-be-giving

[7]Future Of The Black Box Flight Recorder Explored
Links:
7. http://b.rw/oxF8Qs

Jerry Adler | Wired UK | 26 July 2011

"If real-time stock quotes can be transmitted to anyone with a smartphone,
why does the vital work of investigating an aeroplane crash still depend on
reading physical memory chips that must be rescued from the wreckage?"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/future-black-box-flight-recorder-explored

[9]The Madoff Of The Midwest
Links:
9. http://b.rw/oH70Y0

Annie Lowrey | Businessweek | 28 July 2011

Wild parties, Playboy bunnies, Amish investors, a $1.8 million car and a man
who stands accused of a more complex Ponzi scheme than Madoff. This is the
remarkable story of leveraged buyout expert Tim Durham's epic mid-life
crisis [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/madoff-midwest

[11]Money Cometh To Me Now!
Links:
11. http://b.rw/p3lIly

Michael Brendan Dougherty | NYT | 29 July 2011

Lovely bit of colour reporting from a Baptist church in Virginia, where
minister Leroy Thompson preaches that the Lord can solve your financial
problems. Certainly seems to have worked for Thompson. He gets around by
private jet [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/money-cometh-me-now

[13]Unraveling Mexico's Sinaloa Drug Cartel
Links:
13. http://b.rw/oJQYcT

Richard Marosi | LAT | 24 July 2011

There's probably a limit to the amount you want to read about Mexican
organised drug crime. But I haven't nearly hit mine yet. And here's a
fantastic piece which is just the first of a four-part series. "The Wire"
meets "Scarface" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unraveling-mexicos-sinaloa-drug-cartel

[15]Why This Crisis Isn't Going Anywhere
Links:
15. http://b.rw/po0QIl

Umair Haque | Eudaimonics | 30 July 2011

"The clanking, wheezing institutions of the industrial age are beset by a
titanic flaw. They overcount real benefits, and undercount real costs."
Classic Haque blog post on why current stagnation won't be ending any time
soon [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-crisis-isnt-going-anywhere

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Matthew Yglesias on Influences on a Progressive Blogger
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-yglesias-on-influences-progressive-blogger

The prominent left wing blogger tells us what books have shaped his
worldview – and why America needs to wake up to the forces hampering change,
and better understand the root causes of its political deadlock [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-yglesias-on-influences-progressive-blogger

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