Newsletter 461
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Occupation: From Wall Street To The University
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qYJuMs
Dan Primack | Fortune | 5 October 2011
Here the case is made that Occupy Wall Street is giving voice to a larger
feeling of discontent. Amongst that is the affordability and accessibility
of a university education [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/occupation-wall-street-university
[7]Ricardo Hausmann On Economic Complexity
Links:
7. http://b.rw/p0nsmN
Ethan Zuckerman | My Heart's In Accra | 12 October 2011
"The average American employee works with 100 coworkers. The average Indian
employee works with 4 coworkers. The difference in wealth and income between
nations is closely related to the ability of firms to take on complex tasks"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ricardo-hausmann-economic-complexity
[9]Infographic: 7 Disruptive Innovations
Links:
9. http://b.rw/njd6UF
Charlie White | Mashable | 9 October 2011
Headline continues: 'That Turned Their Markets Upside Down'. Actually, the
title is a bit of a misnomer, as it only looks at what has happened in the
past couple of years, but what a couple of years it has been… [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/infographic-7-disruptive-innovations
[11]The Invisible Fastball
Links:
11. http://b.rw/oidlx3
Chris Ballard & Owen Good | Sports Illustrated | 11 October 2011
A baseball tale from 1950s America when players were neither wealthy nor
coddled. And a minor league pitcher by the name of Kelly Jack Swift, who
farmed tobacco and threw only fastballs, accomplished something we'll never
see again [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/invisible-fastball
[13]The Mysteries Of The World
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pY2azk
Anderson Tepper | TinHouse | 1 October 2011
Conversation with author Ben Okri in which he discusses his work and life as
a young Nigerian writer in England. "Poetry is probably the most important
part of my writing. It’s the foundation; it’s the source of everything else"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mysteries-world
[15]The Singularity Isn't Near
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qbdWIy
Paul Allen | Tech Review | 12 October 2011
Microsoft founder argues that the "Singularity" -- the point at which
advanced machines surpass all human capabilities -- is still way off.
Mapping brain functions to software is simply too complex. Even if
processing power explodes [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/singularity-isnt-near
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
Featured Topic
[19]Epic Adventures
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Extreme tourism, unwise adventure and plain bad luck. Enjoy it all from the
comfort of your armchair [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Reader Recommendations
@[21]nuzav New Statesman - The boom was the illusion [22]t.co/UifxzXRj
#[23]Browsings
[24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/nuzav
22. http://t.co/UifxzXRj
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/almanac-dead-by-leslie-marmon-silko
[26]Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/almanac-dead-by-leslie-marmon-silko
[27]Claudia Sadowski-Smith says: “Silko wants to show that borders matter
and that they impact on the lives of indigenous peoples, mainly in a
negative way” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claudia-sadowski-smith-on-border-stories
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Canal+: The Bear
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/canal-bear
You have to admit it works. But can you begin to explain why, or how?
[30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Daniel Davies, on deserts
Links:
31. http://d-squareddigest.blogspot.com/2011/03/prior-planning-prevents-piss-poor.html
"If you don't really know what you want, you're likely to get what you
deserve"
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations