Newsletter 482
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Unleash The Entrepreneurs
Links:
5. http://b.rw/vEg19m
Edward Glaeser | City Journal | 2 November 2011
"Unemployment represents a crisis of imagination, a failure to figure out
how to make potential workers productive in the modern economy." Here's why
America has too many Detroits and not enough Seattles – and what to do about
it [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unleash-entrepreneurs
[7]Greece Has Poured Vinegar On The G20's Frites
Links:
7. http://b.rw/sqqEEZ
Paul Mason | BBC | 3 November 2011
Terrific pull-together analysis of European and American economic strife,
and a great read to boot. All the stories of protest and uncertainty are
merging into one big story – the crisis of globalisation [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greece-has-poured-vinegar-g20s-frites
[9]Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment
Links:
9. http://b.rw/vCAA3d
Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone | 3 November 2011
Another fast and furious tirade, this time aimed at New York mayor.
Bloomberg's recent comments on OWS "allow us to see under his would-be hip
centrist Halloween mask and look closely at the corrupt, arrogant aristocrat
underneath" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mike-bloombergs-marie-antoinette-moment
[11]Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers
Links:
11. http://b.rw/sR5LTh
Adam Satariano & Peter Burrows | Businessweek | 3 November 2011
First thing to come to mind when one thinks of Apple is design. But actually
“operations expertise is as big an asset for Apple as product innovation or
marketing. They’ve taken operational excellence to a level never seen
before" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/apples-supply-chain-secret-hoard-lasers
[13]With Vaccines, Bill Gates Changes The World Again
Links:
13. http://b.rw/v26eg0
Matthew Herper | Forbes | 2 November 2011
Super feature reveals "how a mechanical genius methodically tackles an
abstract problem. And perhaps most of all, how power and capital — both
literal and political — can be spent to maximise positive impact on the
world" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/vaccines-bill-gates-changes-world-again
[15]No Peace For Ayacucho
Links:
15. http://b.rw/tIeo3J
Camden Luxford | Glimpse | 23 September 2011
Writer heads to remote area of Peru, stronghold of Shining Path. "Nobody
seemed to know how long the bus trip was or how the roads were or how I
would go about getting there. A few were horrified to learn I was planning
to go alone" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/no-peace-ayacucho
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Ruth Rogers on Italian Food
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ruth-rogers-on-italian-food
The co-founder of the acclaimed River Café restaurant in London takes us on
a culinary tour of Italy and tells us about the books that have inspired
her, including the one she asks all her chefs to read [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ruth-rogers-on-italian-food
Featured Topic
[19]Great Obituaries
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Raise a glass to life's characters with our collection of writing about
eventful, unconventional lives. RIP [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Reader Recommendations
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[22]#browsings_ [23]More like this
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21. http://t.co/RnrRD77Q
22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/levant-by-philip-mansel
[25]Levant by Philip Mansel
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/levant-by-philip-mansel
[26]Norman Stone says: “Philip Mansel’s book Levant is a comparison of
Beirut, Alexandria and Smyrna in the modern age. It’s an awfully good
book” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-stone-on-turkish-history
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Murmuration
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/murmuration
Two women in a boat. And a flock of starlings [29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Ray Kurzweil, on progress
Links:
30. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=e-zimmer-can-you-live-forever
Thirty linear steps take you to 30. Thirty exponential steps take you to a
billion
[31]More quotes
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations