Newsletter 410
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Out Of Control
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qfcYSk
Anonymous | Spiegel | 22 August 2011
Excellent, detailed report on destructive power of financial institutions.
Markets are in turmoil. Banks are taking incalculable risks again. Failure
to implement effective regulation leaves just one possibility. Yet another
crash [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/out-control
[7]The Billionaire King Of Techtopia
Links:
7. http://b.rw/n7EkyC
Jonathan Miles | Details | 12 August 2011
Profile of Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, angel investor in Facebook.
Champion of "seasteading": Building new sovereign city-states on
oil-rig-type platforms in international waters. "The next frontier is
start-up countries" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/billionaire-king-techtopia-0
[9]Dog Days Of The Soviet Union
Links:
9. http://b.rw/ovdpcE
Rodric Braithwaite | OD Russia | 19 August 2011
Diary of British ambassador during 1991 putsch. Compelling. "It turns out
the following day that the Prime Minister wants to telephone Gorbachev when
he gets back, and the Cabinet Office have lost the number of the hot line"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dog-days-soviet-union
[11]The Illusion Of Asymmetric Insight
Links:
11. http://b.rw/p199zR
David McRaney | You Are Not So Smart | 21 August 2011
Fascinating essay on identity: "You see yourself in a game of self-deluded
poker and assume you are impossible to read while everyone else has obvious
tells. The truth is, you are succumbing to the illusion of asymmetric
insight" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/illusion-asymmetric-insight
[13]Charles Proteus Steinmetz, The Wizard Of Schenectady
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nwlt4h
Gilbert King | Smithsonian | 16 August 2011
"He stood just four feet tall, his body contorted by a hump in his back and
a crooked gait." A dwarf among men. But a giant among mathematicians.
Changed electrical engineering forever. Penned legendary invoice to Henry
Ford [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/charles-proteus-steinmetz-wizard-schenectady
[15]Remarkable Rise Of Greek Yogurt
Links:
15. http://b.rw/oXK0xU
Margy Slattery | New Republic | 13 August 2011
Sales in US have grown 20-fold in five years. Consumers should thank Kostas
Mastoras, owner of Titan Greek food market in Queens, New York, who
travelled home to Greece in 1988 and brought a small shipment back for his
shelves [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/remarkable-rise-greek-yogurt
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Jason Burke on Islamic Militancy
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jason-burke-on-islamic-militancy
The author of an acclaimed book on Al-Qaeda tells us what he learnt about
militants when he was caught in a firefight in Iraq, and suggests what we
should read to understand their motivations [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jason-burke-on-islamic-militancy
Featured Topic
[19]Film
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/film
What do film directors read? Is screenwriting literature? What are the best
Indian films? Is there fame in film subtitling? Our experts and editors have
the answers. For the film buff who browses ... [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/film
Reader Recommendations
_@mrianleslie_ NYPD unleash a new kind of siren:
The Rumbler [21]t.co/43JVlGK [22]#browsings
Links:
21. http://t.co/43JVlGK
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
[23]More like this
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/algeria-by-martin-evans-and-john-phillips
[25]Algeria by Martin Evans and John Phillips
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/algeria-by-martin-evans-and-john-phillips
[26]Marc Lynch says: “For people who think [the uprising] came out of
nowhere, if you read this historical study you’ll be disabused of that view
very quickly”
[27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/marc-lynch-on-origins-arab-uprising
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Wireless Data From Every Light Bulb
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/wireless-data-every-light-bulb
Increasing levels of data strain broadband services. So, here's a clever way
to send data through a lightbulb instead
[29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Jonathan Haidt, on human nature
Links:
30. http://righteousmind.com
"Human beings are 90% chimp and 10% bee"
[31]More quotes
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations