Disaster or Discount ... ??? Weekly Reading Links - January 19th, 2018

Bitcoin has crashed approximately 50% since its peak in December, in large part due to fear of regulation and fraud. Are you selling off, or buying in?

Here is a peek at what I've been reading lately. These are the links I saved this week. Hope you find some interesting and enjoyable tidbits. Let me know if you read something I'd like ... Or if there are other sources I should add to my weekly reading. Thanks.

Lighter Links:

3 Ways to Be a Strategist, Not a Tactician. (Forbes) Computers Can Now Read Better Than Humans. (Alphr) What AI Can and Can't Do (Yet) for Your Business. (McKinsey) Drunk Droning in New Jersey Could Land You in Prison. (EnGadget) How Panerai Conquered the Luxury Watch World. (Maxim) The Pre-Mortem Technique is the Best Way to Avoid Stress and Remain Calm. (Curiosity) The Nuclear Worrier. (NYBooks) The Aging Beauty of Soviet Control Rooms. (FastCoD) This is Probably What Neanderthals Sounded Like. (Curiosity) These are the Funniest Words in the English Language (According to Research). (Curiosity) Charisma, Cause and Effect. (Seth Godin) How to Build Daily Habits that Support Your Goals. (Copyblogger) LegalFling Uses the Blockchain to Help Couples Confirm Sexual Consent - with Troubling Implications. (Alphr) How Antivirus Software Can Be Turned into a Tool for Spying. (NYT) Dogs Can't Speak Human. Here's the Tech that Could Change That.(NBCNews) Best of 2017: 30 Web Apps and Software Trends that Ruled the Workplace. (Zapier) This is the Best Time to Do Anything: 4 Powerful Secrets from Research. (TheLadders) The Reputation Game: How to Control the Way We Appear in the Eyes of Others. (NewStatesman) Perform a Life Audit to Set Yourself up for Success in 2018.(Twocents) A Look inside the Daily Routine of Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban, Who Starts Working the Minute He Wakes up and Falls Asleep to 'Law & Order'. (BusinessInsider)

Market-Related Links

Bitcoin Value Drops but It Doesn't Matter. (Points & Figures)  Europe's Central Banks are Starting to Replace Dollar Reserves with the Yuan. (Quartz) Was Tulipmania Irrational? (Economist) It Can All Go to Zero. (Feld) Goldman Sachs Swings to Loss on Tax Charge. (Reuters) The Next Revolution in Dental Care is about to Begin. (NBCNews) How Dropbox Could Lead a Charge of Tech IPOs in 2018. (TheStreet) Google Opens an Office in China's Silicon Valley. (EnGadget) Bitcoin-futures Contracts Create as Many Risks as They Mitigate.(Economist) The 10 Companies that Dominate the Global Arms Trade. (ValueWalk) Market Seasonality Composite Charts for Stocks & Bonds.(SeeItMarket) President Trump Earns the Highest Presidential Approval Level of All Time. (Dilbert) Digital Media Companies are Headed for a Crash, Hearst Magazines President David Carey Says. (Re/code) JPMorgan CEO Dimon: Tax Reform is a 'Significant Positive Outcome for the Country'. (Finance) What's $27 Billion to Wall Street? an Alarming Drop in Revenue.(NYT) What is Modern Portfolio Theory? (Money) Why the Biggest Risk for Wealth Accumulators is Often Not Taking Enough Risk. (Business) Rich Dad Author Says the next Financial Crash Will Be like an 'Avalanche'. (TheStreet) Berkshire Hathaway's Stock Has Risen More Than One Million Percent under Warren Buffett. (Quartz) Billionaire Investor Steve Cohen is about to Make His Return to the Hedge Fund Industry and He's Already Amassed a Substantial War Chest. (BusinessInsider)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard