John Jeremiah Sullivan | NYT | 20 September 2012 Lovely, meandering account of a visit to Cuba. Sullivan's wife is from a Cuban family, which means they're allowed to fly to Havana direct from Miami. The US relationship with Cuba remains deeply dysfunctional though Comments William Cohan | Businessweek | 20 September 2012 “Nobody on this planet represents more vividly the scam of the banking industry," says Nassim Nicholas Taleb. "He made $120 million from Citibank, which was technically insolvent. And now we, the taxpayers, are paying for it" Comments Jeff Wheelwright | Discover | 18 September 2012 "Fertility collapse and accelerated aging have supplanted overpopulation as the most salient demographic trend." Half of Americans over 80 have a neurodegenerative disease. Sun City boasts a fertility rate of zero. Whatever next? Comments Nir Rosen | London Review Of Books | 18 September 2012 Rosen travels through the Alawite heartland of Syria, gauging support for President Assad. "What becomes of the Alawites if the regime falls, and what becomes of Bashar’s support base as a whole, are not the same question" Comments Chris Anderson | Wired | 19 September 2012 MakerBot plans to kickstart an industrial revolution. In traditional manufacturing mass production comes cheap, but flexibility, variety and complexity remain unaffordable. In 3D printing the reverse is true. Here's what's coming Comments Mel & Patricia Ziegler | Bloomberg | 18 September 2012 Founders of Banana Republic clothing chain tell how they got started. "We had $1,500 in our bank accounts. We would use it to start a company that would sell jackets. Therein lay our full and complete business plan" Comments | 
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