I Wonder Whether He Has Any Playmates - Weekly Links - September 29th, 2017

Hugh Hefner died at 91 years old on Wednesday.

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:

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data: Good for Innovation? (Forbes) Birds Beware: The Praying Mantis Wants Your Brain. (NYT) This Week In Sports Wasn’t About Sports. (WSJ) A Week on the Wrist the Apple Watch Series 3 Edition. (Hodinkee) Military Command as Moral Prudence. (TheStrategyBridge) How to Make a Drawing Float on Water. (Neatorama) Undiscovered Plants and Animals May Reside in Warm Caves under Antarctic Glaciers. (Newatlas) Animated Map of How Earth Will Look in 250 Million Years. (BI) The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve: Exploring the Myth of the Original Sinners. (NewStatesman) 43 Bulletpoints on Personal Productivity. (BetterHumans) Want to Get in Better Shape? The Best Way to Get Stronger. (Inc) 13 Paradigm-Shattering Books to Open Your Mind. (Medium) Deep Learning is Not the AI Future. (KDNuggets) 9 Factors that Influence Testosterone Levels. (MDA) Should We Be Scared of Artificial Intelligence? (The Atlantic) How Apple Finally Made Siri Sound More Human. (Wired) Cyber Warfare - Reasons Why Israel Leads the Charge. (Forbes) 'Pen' Identifies Cancer in 10 Seconds. (BBC) What Makes Relationships Last, According to 1100 Studies. (Motto) Machine Learning: 10 Facts Everyone Needs to Understand. (HuffPo)

Market-Related Links

China's Plan for World Domination in AI Isn't So Crazy after All.(Bloomberg)  Economists At The Fed are Worried about Its Ability to Respond to Future Crises. (CNBC) So You Think You Can Be an Ex-Pat? Check Out This Report. (Forbes) This Tech IPO Has Everyone Talking. (CNBC) What's Wrong with the Thrive/Survive Theory of Left and Right.(EconLog) Hong Kong is Becoming Too Expensive for Bankers. (BusinessInsider) Vancouver Bankruptcies are Soaring. (BusinessInsider) Street's Trading Woes Continue as Citi Warns of 15 Percent Slide in Revenue. (CNBC) The World is Facing a Global Sand Crisis Because We're Mining Way Too Much of It. (ScienceAlert) Amazon May Get a Multi-Billion-Dollar Tax Break. (Axios) Stanley Fischer's Surprise Exit Will Leave Federal Reserve with a Big Problem. (TheStreet) China Plans to Ban Sales of Fossil Fuel Cars Entirely. (TechCrunch) America's Newest Stock Exchange is Gunning for NYSE and Nasdaq's Marquee Business. (BusinessInsider) Hackers Lie In Wait After Penetrating US and Europe Power Grid Networks. (ArsTechnica) How Does Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Work and How Can Entrepreneurs Capitalize on It? (Forbes) This Tiny Country Feeds the World. (NationalGeographic) Xi Calls for BRICS to Play a Bigger Role in World Governance. (AP News) China's Bad Banks Show It Still Has a Big Bad Loan Problem. (Wall Street Journal) Investors Have Forgotten about the Financial Meltdown and That's a Big Danger. (TheStreet) IBM Invests $240 Million into AI Research Lab with MIT as It Struggles in AI Battle. (Forbes)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard