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Nothing makes me more willing to forget the gross overreach of our nation's intelligence agencies than 007. I will be in the theater for this one.
The best stuff from all around the web; read, learn and prosper.
Tips for hacking Instagram and building a large follower base (Gleam) Don’t assume frozen yogurt is healthier than ice cream (CNN) Coding is becoming the new realtors license - the common path for career changers (NYT) How Americans die abroad (Bloomberg) The automation myth - a message for techno-pessimists (Vox) Understanding the huge logistics system that keeps the world running (theVerge) Advances in assisted driving will help extend how long Baby Boomers keep driving - staving off the unpleasant scenario of taking away an aging parent’s keys (Forbes) The federal government is too big (Cato Institute) Be sure to share your favorite links.
Go deeper this afternoon with these reads
The “one-way honor code” between employers and employees (Salon) Telling love from lust (Brain Pickings) PEDs, In defense of the beta blocker (Atlantic) Charlie Munger on interest rates (Forbes) Be sure to share your favorite links.
The best stuff from all around the web; read, learn and prosper.
How Chipotle has affected the pizza industry (Business Insider) Male escorts and legalized prostitution in Australia has a lot to teach about human sexuality (Aeon) Bullies have high self esteem, status and low rates of depression? (National Post) The world will be remade by remade by DNA editing (Wired) Camille Paglia draws parallels between Cosby and Clinton (Salon) The impact that John Stewart has had on Washington (Politico) Be sure to share your favorite links.
The best stuff from all around the web; read, learn and prosper.
Allowing Oliver Sacks to teach us about the art of dying (the Guardian) Rise of heroin related deaths in Maine are tied to prescription pill use (Washington Post) Chicago is getting the world’s largest rooftop greenhouse (Business Insider) How we learn to stop worrying and love the bots (Wired) Bulletproof coffee is preparing to take on Starbucks (Buzzfeed) Two months of Soylent (Dan Wang) Twitter is deleting tweets over copyright law (theVerge) How to take better vacations (WSJ) How much does experience matter? (Irrelevant Investor) Concerns of the uber-rich (the Week) Be sure to share your favorite links.
The best stuff from all around the web; read, learn and prosper.
LFL and the lingerie football trap (Grantland) America has a lot to learn from Switzerland when it comes to work-life balance (Vox) The future of the podcasting industry will be defined by audio discovery (TechCrunch) The Apple Watch will be a success… soon enough (NYT) Understanding Silicon Valley (the Economist) 12 Lessons from Marketing the 4 Hour Body (4HourWorkWeek) “The EPA determined that hydraulic fracking poses a minimal threat to groundwater supplies but we know that shale gas has been a game-changer for cost-effectively reducing carbon-dioxide emissions” (Washington Times) BUT, What 12 months of record-setting temperatures around the globe looks like (fivethirtyeight) Rule-breakers tend to outearn those who follow (Quartz) Joe Weisenthal is coming to Bloomberg (DigiDay) Be sure to share your favorite links.
It's Monday, you're gonna crush it this week. Make some moves!
The bee apocalypse was Bullshit - bee populations in US hit 10-year high (PERC) A graphic summary of how Silicon Valley will transform the Democratic Party (Medium) What’s the next BIG SHORT (Reformed Broker) Thirty-seven principles for living life and making decisions (Taylor Pearson) Blogging for the hell of it, not blogging to stay relevant (BothSidesOfTheTable) The role that Uber and the “gig-economy” will play in the 2016 election (VICE) Entrepreneurship isn’t genetic, it’s just privilege (Quartz) Robo advisors continue to gobble up market share. If you have questions, this article probably has some answers (MarketWatch) World travel packing tips from Timothy Ferriss (4HourWorkWeek) Be sure to share your favorite links.
A few quick hits as you wrap up your weekend.
The man who taught Cristiano Ronaldo how to sleep (the Guardian) In praise of boredom (Harpers) Are fears over political correctness killing free speech? or worse, comedy? (Salon) Salt Lake city will install micro-turbines in its pipes to generate electricity (KSL)
Here are some long form reads for you to enjoy on your lazy (or busy) Saturday.
Non-major biology is the most important class a science professor can teach - the battle for evolution Orion) How good is digital journalism? (NY Review of Books) VIDEO(38 minutes) - The Gender Equality Paradox (Hoodlab) Club Meds, the boomtown for boomers who want to spend their golden years with access to 11 a.m. happy hours, thousands of activities, and no-strings-attached sex (Buzzfeed) A critique of social justice warriors methods (Slate Star Codex) An examination of childless life (Longreads) Hacking airlines and frequent flyer points allows some to jet-set for free (Rolling Stone) Authorities came up short in the Darren Sharper rape case (ProPublica) Enjoy and share with friends!
The best stuff from all around the web; read, learn and prosper.
Understanding our biggest tech blind spots (Medium) Do Sociopaths make the best soldiers? (VICE) The Cato Institute’s “Liberty Manifesto” from 1993 (Cato) How VC Mark Suster finds balance (BothSidesOfTheTable) Hackers can control a Jeep remotely (Wired) It is a great time to be a young investor (MaliceForAll) Yahoo is making a play to be a bigger part of “Search” (Quartz) Turning superhumans into billions of dollars (Bloomberg) The FDA is banning Trans fats (TIME) Find your horse and start riding (Richard Koch) Be sure to share your favorite links. |
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