The Trouble With Trouble ... Weekly Reading Links - December 8th, 2017

Here's your weekly public service reminder ... the trouble with trouble is that it often starts out as fun.

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:

The Ultimate, 3500-Word, Plain English Guide to Blockchain.(TheNextWeb) This Robot Swarm Finishes Your Grocery Shopping in Minutes.(FastCoD) The End of the Social Era Can't Come Soon Enough. (VanityFair) Researchers Use CRISPR to Create the World's Tiniest Tape Recorder.(FastCompany) Budweiser Begins Space Experiments to Be First to Brew Beer on Mars. (DigitalTrends) Security Researcher Finds Classified U.S. Army Data Sitting Online with No Password. (TechCrunch) Will Mars Colonists Live in these Redwood Forest' Habitats? (NBC) This Mathematician Lost Five Years of Work And Reconstructed It All.(Wired) 12 Hidden Tips and Tricks Every IPhone X Owner Needs to Know. (Mashable) Neuroscientist Christof Koch on Free Will. (BrainPickings) Salesforce and Other Companies with High Worker Satisfaction Share How They Make Work More Fun. (Inc) Pets are Good for Us But Not in the Ways We Think They Are. (NG) A Warrior's Mind, a Guardian's Heart: Character Traits and Mental Disciplines for Executive Protection Operators. (Worldview) 20 Apple Watch Tips to Help You Work and Play Better.(Entrepreneur) Physics Has Demoted Mass. (Nautilus) This 5-Minute Rule is Proven to Make Your Meetings More Productive.(Inc) The Startup behind Chewable Coffee is Launching a Performance-enhancing 'Superhuman Fuel' We Gave It a Try. (BusinessInsider) Addicted to Failure: Three Billionaires on How to Win the Game of Life. (IAW) Here's the Key to Great Conversation in 1 Sentence. (Inc) A New Layer of Blockchain Tech is Emerging: Inter-chain Mediators. (VentureBeat)

Market-Related Links

Bitcoin is Skyrocketing Because 2 of the Biggest Exchange Groups in the World are Launching Bitcoin Futures Here's What that Means.(BusinessInsider) The Quest for Investing Excellence and the Lesson of Dow 20K.(ValueWalk) The History of Growth Should Be All about Recessions. (Economist) Figures on Government Spending and Debt. (AP News) How Russia's High-tech Start-ups are Looking beyond Oil. (BBC) Wall Street Week Ahead: 'Stealth Hedging' Shows Investors Not So Complacent. (Reuters India) David Harding Doesn't See High Future CTA Fund Returns.(Bloomberg) American Airlines President Takes the Long View. (AP News) Map: Visualizing Every Ship at Sea in Real. (VisualCapitalist) Why More Philanthropists are Giving before They Die. (The Atlantic) If No One Owns the Moon, Can Anyone Make Money up There? (NYT) Revitalizing a Dead Mall (Don't Expect Shoppers). (New York Times) Forbes 400 2016. (Forbes) Do Trend-following Managed Futures Increase Safe Withdrawal Rates? (AlphaArchitect) James Grant a Different Investment World. (ValueWalk) The Good the Bad the Trending: Microblogging Sentiment and Short Term Momentum. (QuantNews) Here's What Can Drive the Economy Higher. (Wall Street Journal) Chinese Province Admits It Fabricated Economic Data for Three Years. (ZeroHedge) Our Big Mac Index of Global Currencies Reflects the Dollar's Strength. (Economist) The Stock Market Listens to No One Not Even Hedge Fund Managers or Media Personalities. (StockTwits)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard