Ross Andersen | Aeon | 16 October 2012 Superb essay on the bristlecone pines of California, the world's oldest trees, and their interaction with humans, land and climate. Most ancient is estimated to be 4,800 years old. They're an extraordinary record of the Earth's past Comments Anonymous | Telegraph | 16 October 2012 Model obituary. Extraordinary life traced through decades of turbulent history. Best and worst of leaders. Won Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. Ousted. Supported Khmer Rouge. Exiled in Pyongyang. Returned as king in 1991 Comments Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff | Bloomberg | 15 October 2012 This is a systemic crisis, the US's first since the Great Depression. Recovery will be slow and halting, with false dawns along the way. It would be helpful to put away the V-shaped nonsense and recognise reality (h/t @nuzav) Comments David Quammen | Popsci | 15 October 2012 Best guess: A human disease that comes from wildlife, probably from a subgroup known as RNA viruses. They're highly adaptable, jump species, disappear quickly or kill. And human behaviour is making an outbreak more likely Comments Venkatesh Rao | Ribbonfarm | 15 October 2012 "Scaling is engineering, scoping is marketing. Both are types of learning. You have to do both to survive in competitive markets, which are the only kind around today." Dazzling post from dazzling blog Comments John Sutherland | Guardian | 15 October 2012 Favourite song at British funerals. And thus a paradoxical choice. "If the deceased really went through life doing everything their way, then why choose, for their farewell, the same musical tribute as all the others?" Comments | 
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