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- Jerry Brown - A very unusual bookThis is a remarkable book. It reads like a detective novel; but it's subject is actually economics - specifically, how the Soviet Union's centralized economy was designed and why it failed. Each chapter could stand on its own as a terrific short story with great characters and lots of local color. But, as the stories progress, you discover that you're following and understanding a larger, more complicated story.
Remember when Khrushchev and Nixon had the famous "kitchen debate" at the Moscow American technology exhibit in 1959 and Khrushchev boasted "In 7 years we will reach the level of America. When we catch up and pass you by, we'll wave to you."? You learn from Spufford that one reason Khrushchev felt confident enough to make the boast is that the Soviet Union had, at just that time, made a huge investment in an entire city devoted to science and mathematics. It was called Akademgorodok (academy town) and was, at its peak, staffed with 65,000 scientists and mathematicians. One of the goals of this establishment was to develop both the mathematics and the computer systems necessary to make the Marxist economic vision a reality. Of course, we know the outcome. That was settled when the Soviet Union collapsed. But, the important thing the book offers for any American who lived through the cold war is not the outcome. It's what we didn't know at the time - the part of history that was happening behind the iron curtain. And once you read it, you'll understand more clearly why China decided to move to a market-based economy. We assume they learned from us. I now think it's likely they learned more from the USSR's failure.
There is another lesson I took from this book. The Soviet leaders refused to learn from experience because they couldn't shake loose from the grip of Marxist ideology. Their best scientists and mathematicians were telling them that the only way to avoid economic failure was to allow supply and demand to establish prices. But that was a heresy that couldn't be tolerated. It was too much like capitalism. I look at our politics today and wonder if some of the most vocal advocates of capitalism are now making a similar mistake by refusing to consider ideas that seem too much like socialism. - LRock10288 - I wish I had a 10 star option.I grind my teeth in my sleep, and the tooth the left of my front two had a chip to prove it. On Monday morning I was rudely awakened by my bottom teeth smacking hard into my front top teeth as I must have been grinding again. I sat up and wound up spitting out 2/3-3/4 of my chipped tooth. This was right in the front, there was no way of hiding it, I was mortified.
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My first impressions were that Bose took the time and effort into packaging the system (something which I've only really seen with Apple products to date personally). The product packaging securely kept the device from getting hurt during the shipping process and made it exciting to get the system out and setup for the television. The instructions even helped me understand something that I really should have figured out a long time ago -- the things at the end of optical cable are just caps that you're supposed to remove. As someone who never used optical cables previously reading through the instructions made things a little easier for me (not used to removing caps from cables).
In terms of the sound I'm shocked by the difference between it and my tv speakers. To see what sort of difference actually existed I tested muting my television speakers and the Bose Solo TV sound system one by one to compare it... it really doesn't compare. It just feels alive while my television speakers just kind of deliver sound... I'm not a guy audio guy so I won't be able to give a good idea of why it's great I just know it is.
The controller that comes with the system is sufficient although kind of tiny and I imagine it'll get lost sometime in the next few months. It only has a few buttons, however, because the system isn't that complex to control so I imagine that's very intentional. Either way the system was really easy to get into my universal remote so I no longer even need the little thing but I can imagine people who lack a universal remote may be annoyed at home many controllers they'll have after this (cable, tv, bluray, bose) but that's not really Bose's fault.
In general I'd highly recommend this product the sound quality is amazing and it really changes how I watch television into more of an experience than it was prior.