Newsletter 390

[5]The 30-Foot Jump
Links:
5. http://b.rw/ooATPK

Joe Posnanski | Sports Illustrated | 2 August 2011

Mike Powell's long jump world record has stood for very nearly 20 years. And
no one around today has got remotely close to it. "But what if I tell you
that the longest jump in the history of the world was NOT Mike Powell’s"
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/30-foot-jump

[7]Apple's Money
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qclgv9

Robert Cringely | I, Cringely | 1 August 2011

Steve Jobs started hoarding cash as an insurance policy against errors. He
didn't make any, but the cash kept on mounting. Now Apple has $75bn—giving
it huge market power over suppliers. It always gets served first, and
cheapest [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/apples-money

[9]The Teacher Who Encouraged Me To Write
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qoCO1H

Dave Eggers | Salon | 1 August 2011

"Sure hope you become a writer." From those six plain words, written by his
teacher at the bottom of a high school paper, Eggers drew strength and
inspiration. "It was as if he'd ripped off the ceiling and shown me the sky"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/teacher-who-encouraged-me-write

[11]Death And Next Life Of Maynard Keynes
Links:
11. http://b.rw/q7rWEG

James Galbraith | FDL | 1 August 2011

Smart, waspish speech praising Keynesian economists vindicated by financial
crash. "These days you can get a respectful mention of Minsky even from
someone like Larry Summers, if not any sign that he has actually read him"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/death-and-next-life-maynard-keynes

[13]Inside North Korea
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qhmYSe

David Guttenfelder | Atlantic | 2 August 2011

AP photographer gets glimpse of a closed society; 37 of his photographs
shown here. Opens with a beautifully composed shot of grim-looking Pyongyang
buildings. Multi-lane highway outside the capital is empty of vehicles
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-north-korea

[15]Does Philosophy Matter?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/r6k9gN

Stanley Fish | NYT | 1 August 2011

Arguably not. Writer proposes that debate over moral absolutism versus moral
relativism is fundamentally important only within academic world of
philosophy. For people making everyday decisions it is an irrelevance.
Discuss [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/does-philosophy-matter

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Robert Baer on Being a Spy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-baer-on-being-spy

The former CIA operative lifts the lid on the reality of spying. He says the
intelligence service knew there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
before the war, but politicians and reporters didn’t listen [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-baer-on-being-spy