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