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