Newsletter 456

10 Oct 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Links:
5. http://b.rw/r1gHYx

Jason Daley | Discover | 3 October 2011

Sharks kill a grand total of, on average, one US citizen each year.
Meanwhile cattle gore or stamp 20 to death. But a cow doesn't induce panic
like a shark. Why? "In short, our risk perception is often at direct odds
with reality" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-you-dont-know-can-kill-you

[7]The Art Of Business And The Science Of Economics
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qE6f62

Anonymous | Philosopher's Beard | 8 October 2011

"An awful lot of people seem to believe that economics is Big Business and
business is small economics." But that's a miguided view. And one that leads
to strange misconceptions. This great post lays out the differences clearly
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/art-business-and-science-economics

[9]Muslim, Christian Or Human Being?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pz7PvY

Alaa Al Aswany | World Affairs Journal | 5 October 2011

Timely attack on religious bigotry and violence with special reference to
Saudi-inspired Egyptian Salafists. Now to be found burning down churches
while the Egyptian authorities, such as they are, do nothing [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/muslim-christian-or-human-being

[11]Cutting The Cord
Links:
11. http://b.rw/qkrMG3

Iljitsch van Beijnum & Jaume Barcelo | Ars Technica | 9 October 2011

Geeky but fascinating essay on history of how engineers first built Wi-Fi.
The challenges were monumental: "If ever the expression 'easier said than
done' applied, it was here." Story starts back in 1970s, in Honolulu of all
places [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/cutting-cord

[13]Grilled Chicken, Temperamental Star
Links:
13. http://b.rw/o3ZlY5

David Segal | NYT | 8 October 2011

Filming food for TV. Big business, fine art. "Glue keeps spaghetti on forks,
pizzas in place. The ice in a beverage might be acrylic and cost $500 a
cube. The frost coming off beer could be silicone gel mixed with powder and
water" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/grilled-chicken-temperamental-star

[15]The Mysterious Death Of Sammy Wanjiru
Links:
15. http://b.rw/psAU0y

Anna Clark | Grantland | 6 October 2011

Set an Olympic record when he won marathon gold in Beijing. Youngest man to
win four major world marathons. Still only 24 when he fell from a balcony at
his home in Kenya five months ago. Did he fall, jump or was he pushed?
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mysterious-death-sammy-wanjiru

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Claudia Sadowski-Smith on Border Stories
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claudia-sadowski-smith-on-border-stories

National borders are fertile territory for fiction, says the immigration
expert. She recommends five novels about migration and border crossings, and
explains why the US-Mexico border is an open wound [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claudia-sadowski-smith-on-border-stories

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