Archive for January, 2014
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Saturday, January 18th, 2014Tech startups: A Cambrian moment | The Economist
Saturday, January 18th, 2014Adam Gopnik: 2014 and 1914 : The New Yorker
Saturday, January 18th, 2014.@carstenknoch 3 parallels v 2?: #Titanic ’12 iceberg; Britannic ’16 mine; Olympic, reliable to ’35. 2014 & 1914
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2014/01/06/140106taco_talk_gopnik
COMMENT
TWO SHIPS
BY ADAM GOPNIK
JANUARY 6, 2014
QT:{{”
Then the ship sets off from Southampton, sure of itself, unsinkable, until it comes to the ice fields of the North Atlantic, off the coast of Newfoundland—and speeds right on through them to its anchorage, here in New York. Because this ship isn’t the Titanic but its nearly identical twin sister, the Olympic, made at the same time, by the same people, to do the same job in the same way. (A single memorable image exists of the two ships in dock together.) The Olympic not only successfully completed its maiden voyage but became known as Old Reliable, serving as a troop carrier in the First World War, and sailing on for twenty years more. (A third, late-released liner in the same class, the Britannic, hit a mine in the Aegean, in 1916, while serving as a hospital ship, and sank, a true casualty of war.) “}}
Rebecca Mead: A Chicken Club at Avenues : The New Yorker
Saturday, January 18th, 2014DEPT. OF EDUCATION
FOR THE BIRDS
BY REBECCA MEAD
JANUARY 6, 2014
New venture for ex-Yale president: Chicken Club at Avenues
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2014/01/06/140106ta_talk_mead HT @colinbmurphy #education
A Science Junkie’s Guide to Art – The Student Blog
Friday, January 17th, 2014Guide to cancer genomics
Friday, January 17th, 2014Hierarchy is Good. Hierarchy is Essential. And Less Isn’t Always Better | LinkedIn
Friday, January 17th, 2014Christopher Mims @mims2m
Weekend read: Why you need middle management, you feckless layabout