Halloween is Spooky 💀 - Weekly Reading List - October 27th, 2017

I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of clowns. Despite that fear, or probably because of it, IT(2017) became the highest-grossing horror film of all time.

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:

Future-Casting: How Will Machine Intelligence Develop? (ITProPortal) Inside Al Qaeda: Living and Working with Terrorists. (CBS News) 16 Years Ago Today, Apple Unveiled the Original IPod. (MacRumors) Delta to Equip More Than 30,000 Flight Crew Members with IPads and IPhones. (MacRumors) Russia's Turbulent Century of Revolutions, from Lenin to Putin. (NewStatesman) Why Mata Hari Wasn't a Cunning Spy after All. (NationalGeographic) How to Access Mac's Hidden Photo-editing App. (DailyDot) What Makes a Good Data Visualization? (InformationIsBeautiful) Countdown Tracks How Long until the Events You're Looking Forward To. (LifeHacker) You're a Completely Different Person at 14 and 77 Years Old, Personality Study Suggests. (ScienceAlert) Why Every Entrepreneur Should Watch Netflix's Documentary Series 'Abstract'. (Inc) Donald Trump and the Psychology of Blame. (CNN) Criminals Beware! Google's AI Can Now Identify Faces from Heavily Pixellated Images. (Wired) Psychology Principles & Laws to Influence People with Your Designs.(IAW) Outsource Your Boring Back Office Paperwork to AI. (VentureBeat) Kellyanne Conway's Interview Tricks, Explained. (YouTube) Messy: the Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives.(KevinEikenberry) The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine. (Medium) 17 Free Websites to Upgrade the Quality of Your Life Today.(PickTheBrain) You Can Never Create the Future by Targeting the Present.(DigitalTonto)

Market-Related Links

Intel: AI as Big as the Invention of the Wheel and Discovery of Fire.(AIA) Where the IPhone X is Cheapest and Most Expensive in Dollars, Pounds, and Yuan. (Quartz) Everything We Think We Know about Chinese Finances is Wrong.(BaldingsWorld) Academic Research Insight: Stick to the Fundamentals and Discover Your Industry Peers. (AlphaArchitect) The S&P Just Broke a Remarkable Streak that Could Signal the Late Innings for this Bull Market. (CNBC) Kostin: We are Approaching the Point of Maximum Optimism.(ValueWalk) The Supreme Court is Allergic to Math. (FiveThirtyEight) American Airlines CEO: We'll Never Lose Money Again. (USAToday) One of the World's Largest Hedge Funds is Now Letting Computers Trade Completely on Their Own. (CNBC) Hedge Fund Citadel Joins Industry's Standard-setting Body. (Reuters) New Map Reveals the World's Most Toxic Countries. (Inhabitat) Will Immigration Reform Stifle Recruitment of Foreign Talent?(NYPost) Among Tech's Big Players, Here's Who is Leading AI Research.(Observer) Mars Needs Lawyers. (FiveThirtyEight) Infrastructure Maven Cressida Hogg Sees Opportunity around the Globe. (Barrons) These Maps Put a Spotlight on the Cultural Divide in the U.S.(VisualNews) How Today's Visa Restrictions Might Impact Tomorrow's America.(Washington Post) Banks Need to Be Centralized Could Blockchain Be the Answer? (FinanceMagnates) Retired Green Beret Exposes How Secretive Non-Profit Organizations Erode the United States. (ZeroHedge) FOMC Minutes: "Might Be Appropriate to Raise the Federal Funds Rate Again Fairly Soon". (CalculatedRisk)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard