{"id":98,"date":"2013-07-21T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T06:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/?p=98"},"modified":"2013-07-20T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T02:16:16","slug":"this-week-i-learned-3-21-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.petersahui.com\/optimist\/2013\/07\/this-week-i-learned-3-21-july-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week I Learned #3 – 21 July 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. A lengthy and fascinating interview with the former head of the CIA and NSA.<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Nadia Popova, Hero of the Soviet Union, a woman who flew 852 combat missions during World War 2, died on 8 July. Here is her beautiful obituary<\/a> (free reg’n may be required). For more on Senior Lieutenant Popova and her colleagues, I would refer you to this book<\/a>, a compilation of interviews with the survivors decades after the war.<\/li>\n
  3. “A Chinese museum has been forced to close after claims that its 40,000-strong collection of supposedly ancient relics was almost entirely composed of fakes.<\/a>“<\/li>\n
  4. A day in the life of a maternity nurse in Beijing.<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. A trip through the jungle, to what – on paper – is slated to become the biggest port in Asia<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Superstar economics vs the long tail<\/a> (free reg’n required).<\/li>\n
  7. Are we safer now<\/a>? (free reg’n required)<\/li>\n
  8. “Go freelance and work harder. But will you work better?<\/a>“<\/li>\n
  9. George Orwell didn’t just write about politics and liberty; he also wrote about how to make a good cup of tea.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Ecological exchange: why Australian gum trees have taken off in Kenya.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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