Your Weekend Reading Linkfest

Lots of good stuff this week to distract you from the bad.

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• Why it’s Not All Bad to Be Bored. (NYTimes)
• Alec Baldwin Puts the 'Fear' Into Christmas with Glengarry Christmas Spoof. (CX)
• Spotify's 10 Most Popular Tracks of 2012. (TheWeek)
• The Purpose Of War? Thought provoking commentary. (ABC)
• Human Modification. Scientists are experimenting with different ways to enhance humans. What's possible? (TheBrowser)

 

Trading Links:

• The World’s 200 Richest People. (Bloomberg)
• Investors’ 10 Most Common Behavioral Biases. (RPSeawright)
• Market Data Firm Spots the Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders. (TheAtlantic)
• Book Recommendations from Nassim Taleb. (FarnamStreet)
• With Profits Dropping, High-Speed Trading Cools Down. (NYTimes)