This video is about how my son finally got smarter than our dog.
via YouTube.
It is also about how language (and naming things) leads to wisdom, progress, and innovation.
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New XKCD Book – Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
In "Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words," things are explained using only drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 (or "ten hundred") most common words.
Here is an example called Up Goer Five. It is a surprisingly simple explanation of Rocket Science.
via XKCD.
Naming things and creating context are foundational tools of innovation.
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New XKCD Book – Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
In "Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words," things are explained using only drawings and a vocabulary of the 1,000 (or "ten hundred") most common words.
Here is an example called Up Goer Five. It is a surprisingly simple explanation of Rocket Science.
via XKCD.
Naming things and creating context are foundational tools of innovation.
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Do you want some constructive criticism?
from Dilbert by Scott Adams.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The AI Revolution: Road to Super-Intelligence. (Wait But Why)
- Pentagon Announces New Strategy for Cyber-Warfare. (NYTimes)
- Using People to Fight Cyber Attacks Is Like Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight. (NW)
- What $750,000 Buys You in New York City. (NYTimes)
- The 70 Coolest New Buildings in the World, According to Architecture Fans and Experts. (BI)
- Apple Is Basically a Small Country Now. (The Atlantic)
- Amazon Prime Is Big, But How Big? (USA Today)
- The 7 Most Data-Rich Companies in the World? (LinkedIn)
- How a London Man May Have Helped Trigger the 'Flash Crash'. (BigStory)
- Hedge Fund Manager, Griffin, Said to Make $90,000 per Hour – Even When Sleeping. (Biz Insider)
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Do you want some constructive criticism?
from Dilbert by Scott Adams.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The AI Revolution: Road to Super-Intelligence. (Wait But Why)
- Pentagon Announces New Strategy for Cyber-Warfare. (NYTimes)
- Using People to Fight Cyber Attacks Is Like Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight. (NW)
- What $750,000 Buys You in New York City. (NYTimes)
- The 70 Coolest New Buildings in the World, According to Architecture Fans and Experts. (BI)
- Apple Is Basically a Small Country Now. (The Atlantic)
- Amazon Prime Is Big, But How Big? (USA Today)
- The 7 Most Data-Rich Companies in the World? (LinkedIn)
- How a London Man May Have Helped Trigger the 'Flash Crash'. (BigStory)
- Hedge Fund Manager, Griffin, Said to Make $90,000 per Hour – Even When Sleeping. (Biz Insider)
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The Volatile Maturation of China’s Stock Market
The eye-popping volatility and explosive nature of China's stock market lately has the world's traders watching in awe.
Business Insider noted that China's Shanghai Composite index crashed a breath-taking 11% late last week, before recovering some of its losses.
Still, the index is up 43% since the beginning of the year and up 134% from a year ago. Indeed, the market is exhibiting many of the hallmarks of a market in a bubble. As Business Insider's Mike Bird notes, brokerage accounts in China are exploding and fund inflows from overseas have gone parabolic.
Here are the ten largest stock exchanges in the world by total market capitalization, as of April 2015, according to the World Federation of Exchanges' monthly report.
via Business Insider.With a total end of April market cap of $5.6 trillion, Shanghai is the third largest exchange in the world after the two big US exchanges.
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The Volatile Maturation of China’s Stock Market
The eye-popping volatility and explosive nature of China's stock market lately has the world's traders watching in awe.
Business Insider noted that China's Shanghai Composite index crashed a breath-taking 11% late last week, before recovering some of its losses.
Still, the index is up 43% since the beginning of the year and up 134% from a year ago. Indeed, the market is exhibiting many of the hallmarks of a market in a bubble. As Business Insider's Mike Bird notes, brokerage accounts in China are exploding and fund inflows from overseas have gone parabolic.
Here are the ten largest stock exchanges in the world by total market capitalization, as of April 2015, according to the World Federation of Exchanges' monthly report.
via Business Insider.With a total end of April market cap of $5.6 trillion, Shanghai is the third largest exchange in the world after the two big US exchanges.
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Attracting the Faithful isn't as easy as it used to be.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The Disruption Machine. (New Yorker)
- How Watson Changed IBM. (Harvard Business Review)
- Download the 'Conversational Geek' e-book. (Infoworld)
- 25 of Oscar Wilde's Wittiest Quotes. (Mental Floss)
- What Democrats can learn from Republicans. (Vox)
- Michael Lewis Reflects on Flash Boys. (Vanity Fair)
- High-Frequency Trading's Rise and Rise. (Businessweek)
- The 20 Fastest-Growing Economies This Year Business. (Bloomberg)
- Feds’ Crystal Ball Shows Oil Comeback. (Investing Daily)
- Presenting De-Dollarization in One Simple Map. (ZeroHedge)
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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Attracting the Faithful isn't as easy as it used to be.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The Disruption Machine. (New Yorker)
- How Watson Changed IBM. (Harvard Business Review)
- Download the 'Conversational Geek' e-book. (Infoworld)
- 25 of Oscar Wilde's Wittiest Quotes. (Mental Floss)
- What Democrats can learn from Republicans. (Vox)
- Michael Lewis Reflects on Flash Boys. (Vanity Fair)
- High-Frequency Trading's Rise and Rise. (Businessweek)
- The 20 Fastest-Growing Economies This Year Business. (Bloomberg)
- Feds’ Crystal Ball Shows Oil Comeback. (Investing Daily)
- Presenting De-Dollarization in One Simple Map. (ZeroHedge)
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The Dangers of Selfie Sticks – PSA Parody
This PSA parody warns people to stop abusing their selfie sticks.
Apparently, self-obsessed people will go to any lengths to top other selfie addicts. This results in longer selfie sticks, and increasingly dangerous situations.
via YouTube.
The video ends by asking viewers to “please selfie responsibly,” an aptly-timed message considering Disney World’s recent ban on selfie sticks at the theme park.
This social commentary is a cleverly disguised Pizza Hut ad.
