A Legendary Performance - Weekly Reading Links - June 9th, 2017

I love being in the presence of greatness. Genius leaves a mark. Watching John Legend in concert is one example ... seeing a team come together to create a breakthrough, and a sustainable competitive advantage is another.

Cool things are happening here. Contact me if you want to hear more about them. Here is a peek at what I've been reading lately. 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: Here’s the Unofficial Silicon Valley Explainer on Artificial Intelligence.(FastCompany) 10 Myths about Cloud Computing. (OpenMind) 5 Machine Learning Trends that Will Define 2017. (CIO) Behind the Burger : the Fascinating History of In-N-Out. (Ceros) Predictions for the Future. (GeniusNetwork) DARPA is Planning to Hack the Human Brain to Let Us “Upload” Skills.(Futurism) How Successful People Stay Calm. (Forbes) Behind the Scenes with Tim Ferriss: His Secrets of Success. (OKDork) The Phones We Love Too Much. (New York Times) Hidden Tricks You Didn’t Know Your IPhone Could Do. (PopSci) 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017. (TechReview) Why LinkedIn is about to Become Scary Good. (Inc) Bill Gates Tweets to New Grads: ‘This is an Amazing Time to Be Alive’.(TheLadders) Math Champion Wins with Answer about Pecking Chicks. (NYT) Watch How Elon Musk’s Boring Company Tunnels Will Move Cars Faster. (TechCrunch) How to Resolve Fights over Reclining Airplane Seats: Use Behavioral Economics. (Evonomics) Chicago Tries High-Tech Approach to Curb Violence. (WSJ) The Top 10 Books Every Leader Must Read. (Entrepreneur) 5 Questions to Ask in an Interview (Based on Psychology).(Cultivatedculture) George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf. (LitHub)

 

Market-Related Links As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the Universe are Threatened. (TechReview) Hedge Fund Managers Don’t Always Beat the Market, but They Still Know How to Make Money. (NYT) How to Make Decisions like Ray Dalio. (25iq) Billionaire Steve Cohen Hired 2 Investors from the CIA's Secretive VC Fund. (Insider) A Famous Venture Capitalist Predicts Big Banks Will Fall First to Artificial Intelligence. (Quartz) There are Bots. Look Around. (RibbonFarm) Ratings and Hegemony. (Rajakorman) Which One of these Visions of How We’ll Work in the Future Sounds Most Appealing? (FastCompany) This is Now the Most Popular City in the U.S. for New Businesses.(Inc) Platonically Irrational. (Aeon) Saudi Arabia Experiments with Reform Amid Economic Downturn.(Spiegel) ‘Moat’ is the Latest Jargon Encircling Silicon Valley. (Bloomberg) The New York Stock Exchange is Slowing down Trading for a Key Market. (BusinessInsider) Diddy is the Richest Rapper on the Planet Once Again… Dr. Dre Drops to #3!!!. (CNW) Three Quarters of Americans Don’t Even Know What Their Bank Does.(TheFinancialBrand) Capitalism 2.0: the Economy of the Future Will Be Powered by Neural Lace. (Wired) The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory. (TheNation) The Bill to Permanently Fix Health Care for All. (Market-ticker) Silicon Valley: a Reality Check. (SlateStarCodex) China Launches a Pork-price Index to Smooth the “Pig Cycle”.(Economist)