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[5]The Steve Jobs I Knew
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Walter Mossberg | WSJ | 6 October 2011
Tribute to Apple co-founder by tech journalist who knew him well. A business
and industry great to rank alongside Edison and Ford. Inspired staff with
vision, managed well, took big risks where necessary, showman and salesman
[6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/steve-jobs-i-knew
[7]Debt And Dumb
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7. http://b.rw/mRq5aN
Simon Johnson & James Kwak | Vanity Fair | 6 October 2011
Fine essay on history of US fiscal policy. First treasury secretary,
Alexander Hamilton, understood that "good credit", based on power to tax,
was the key to a nation's security. Does the Tea Party risk destroying his
legacy? [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/debt-and-dumb
[9]The Strange Power Of Qatar
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9. http://b.rw/qfGOpn
Hugh Eakin | NYRB | 5 October 2011
Hereditary monarchy. Yet liberal gadfly of Arab world. Ruling Sheikh Hamad
funds Al-Jazeera. Backs Libyan rebels. Hosts US army HQ. Wants to Westernise
the education system. Diplomats wonder: "Where does he get these ideas?"
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/strange-power-qatar
[11]Working In The Dark
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11. http://b.rw/qj7Nni
Robert Solow | New Republic | 28 September 2011
Magnificent. Nobel laureate reviews Grand Pursuit, a history of major
figures in economics. Soon turns into wonderful explanation of true
importance, and continuing relevance, of Marshall, Schumpeter, Keynes,
Fisher and Hayek [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/working-dark
[13]So Who Is The Real Amanda Knox?
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13. http://b.rw/r4cOPU
Cristina Odone | Telegraph | 4 October 2011
Thoughtful piece reveals gulf between US and Italian values. The "case has
shaken Italy’s justice system more than any earthquake could, yet many
Italians resent the exposure of its weaknesses by seemingly pushy, wealthy
Americans" [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/so-who-real-amanda-knox
[15]The End Of The Future
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15. http://b.rw/qAUBJB
Peter Thiel | National Review | 3 October 2011
Superb essay arguing that progress in science and technology is stalling.
"The technology slowdown threatens not just our financial markets, but the
entire modern political order, which is predicated on easy and relentless
growth" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/end-future
[17]Dissolve My Nobel Prize! A True Story
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17. http://b.rw/oMwMS6
Robert Krulwich | NPR | 3 October 2011
"It's 1940. The Nazis have taken Copenhagen. They are literally marching
through the streets, and physicist Niels Bohr has just hours, maybe minutes,
to make two Nobel Prize medals disappear. They are made of 23-karat gold"
[18]Comments
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18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dissolve-my-nobel-prize-true-story
[19]It Knows
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19. http://b.rw/nBJ6Iy
Daniel Soar | LRB | 28 September 2011
Most of us use Google without appreciating what a massive information
gathering enterprise it is. And that we, the users, are its product, not its
customers. What it knows, and may seek to know, about us is quite
mind-boggling [20]Comments
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20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/it-knows
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-pinker-on-decline-violence
Our TV screens may be full of news about war and crime, but this masks a
fall in historical terms in the number of violent deaths that’s nothing
short of astonishing, says the psychologist. He tells us how and why this
happened [22]Read on
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-pinker-on-decline-violence
Featured Topic
[23]Steve Jobs's Legacy
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23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/steve-jobss-legacy
The great man has gone. Here's what we should remember him for and what his
absence will mean for Apple [24]Read on
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24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/steve-jobss-legacy
Reader Recommendations
@[25]nuzav Thinking the unthinkable about Steve
Jobs [26]t.co/atpprM87 #[27]Browsings
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28. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[29]Book of the Day
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/joy-luck-club-by-amy-tan
[30]The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
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30. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/joy-luck-club-by-amy-tan
[31]Armistead Maupin says: “The Joy Luck Club is a mahjong club composed of
four Chinese-American women … It’s compelling because Amy writes with
remarkable wit” [32]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/armistead-maupin-on-san-francisco-novels
32. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[33]State Of The Global Economy
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos/state-global-economy
Stiglitz on top form talking about job creation, demand, stimulus and
industrial policy
[34]More videos
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34. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[35]Kathryn Williams, on punctuation
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35. http://twitter.com/#!/iamnotkathryn/status/106366166997549056
"An apostrophe is the difference between a business that knows its shit
and a business that knows it's shit"
[36]More quotes
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36. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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