Fantastic New Yorker article by Macolm Gladwell about the differences between mysteries and puzzles (gross simplification: mysteries have no known outcome, puzzles do) that examines the Enron scandal (gross simplification: Enron didn’t obsfucate facts, no-one knew or wanted to look at them) Watergate and the Allied intelligence efforts to uncover the secret V1 rocket.
Gladwell is a stunning writer – this is worth a 15 minute break out of your day to read.
(Via Kottke.)