Newsletter 460

14 Oct 2011 • 3 min read

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

[5]The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Links:
5. http://b.rw/rkCohi

Adam Satariano, Peter Burrows & Brad Stone | Businessweek | 13 October 2011

Introducing Scott Forstall, head of iOS development at Apple. Youngest
senior executive at the company. Polarising visionary with a painstaking
attention to detail. Signature on-stage costume. Sound familiar? It should
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sorcerers-apprentice

[7]The Instability Of Inequality
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qc0JMe

Nouriel Roubini | Project Syndicate | 13 October 2011

Marx oversold socialism but was right about capitalism's potential for
self-destruction. Any new economic model must address inequality, rebalance
relative roles of market and state. Without it, protests will only become
more severe [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/instability-inequality

[9]The Economics Of The Arab Spring
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qm6iUG

Adeel Malik & Bassem Awdallah | Al Jazeera | 13 October 2011

Many Arab economies are dominated by the state, with unhealthy subsidies,
anti-competitive practices and reliance on foreign aid. Private sector
opportunities driven by privilege and patronage. Change is needed. Will it
come? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/economics-arab-spring

[11]Obituary: Sir Hilary Synnott
Links:
11. http://b.rw/q9fKzq

Anonymous | Telegraph | 13 October 2011

British diplomat sent to run southern Iraq in 2003. No phone, no computer,
no strategy. Fiasco. "He was tempted to call his book 'Bugger Basra'. It was
more than two years after his return that he felt calm enough to write it"
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-sir-hilary-synnott

[13]The Meaning Of Hockey
Links:
13. http://b.rw/qipkGv

Stephen Marche | Walrus | 12 October 2011

As rugby is to New Zealand and horse racing to Ireland, so (ice) hockey is
to Canada. The sport's visceral appeal, its excusing of violence, lies in
its expression of wildness and northernness – in short, the Canadian dream
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/meaning-hockey

[15]An Adventure In The Nth Dimension
Links:
15. http://b.rw/pghpVr

Brian Hayes | American Scientist | 13 October 2011

"The relation between volume and dimension is not at all what I expected;
indeed, it’s one of the zaniest things I’ve ever come upon in mathematics."
Ready for some equations? Here's a look at the world of multidimensional
geometry [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/adventure-nth-dimension

FiveBooks Interview

[17]John Sutherland on Victorian Fiction
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-sutherland-on-victorian-fiction

The professor of English literature tells us about his favourite novels in a
golden era for fiction, and the dilemma, still with us today, that led
Dickens to write two different endings for _Great Expectations_
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-sutherland-on-victorian-fiction

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