Ten Links for Your Weekend Reading

A sprinkling of dark humor …

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

• Short-Term Thinking Is Often Our Biggest Problem: 3 Ways To Fight It Now. (FastCo)
• China’s Push to Put Astronaut on the Moon. (FT.com)
• There’s an Ape for That: Orangutans Use iPad to Communicate. (TheDaily)
• Take Two & Call Me In the Morning: Discovery of an Exercise Pill? (TechReview)
• Guys vs. Cartoon: It's not for knowledge that we went to college … (Video)

Trading Links:

• Why is the Economy Doing So Well … And Can It Continue? (Inc)
• Forecasting Toolkit Challenged by the ‘New Abnormal’. (FT)
• Update on Global Food Commodities. (Stratfor)
• The Visible Hand: Is State Capitalism a Viable Alternative to Free Markets? (Economist)
• What You Can Learn From Mitt's Tax Return. (WSJ)