My Button Is Bigger Than Yours! Weekly Links - January 5th, 2018

Fact is often stranger (and funnier) than fiction ... On January 1st, Kim Jong Un was quoted as saying "...a nuclear button is always on the desk of my office and this is just a reality, not a threat." Not one to take a jab standing down, Trump responded:

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:

How to Have a New Year in 2018. (LeadershipFreak) The Best Books I Read in 2017. (Vox) Artificial Intelligence, AI in 2018 and Beyond. (Towardsdatascience) The 8 Types of Company Culture. (HBR) Developing Countries Need to Wake up to the Risks of New Technologies. (The Conversation) Astronauts Identify Mystery Microbes in Space for the 1St Time.(Space) Structural Challenges for Space Architecture. (Structuremag) My 3 Words for 2018. (Chrisbrogan) Roomba Will Soon Be Able to Build a Map of Your Home's Wi-Fi Coverage. (TheVerge) Six Cyber Threats to Really Worry about in 2018. (TechReview) To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think about It. (HBR) Here are the Best Inspirational Quotes for 2018. (Inc) What You Need to Know as a Traveler in 2018. (Wall Street Journal) 18 Tech Predictions for 2018. (Inc) How to Be Healthier, Happier and More Productive: It's All in the Timing. (Wall Street Journal) The Favorite Literary Work of Every Country Visualized on a World Map. (OpenCulture) New Technology We're Actually Excited about for 2018. (Gizmodo) The Neuroscience of Intelligence: an Interview with Richard Haier.(Quillette) Are You Having Trouble Focusing? these Simple Strategies Will Help.(HBR) Inside the Home of Instant Pot, the Kitchen Gadget that Spawned a Religion. (New York Times)

Market-Related Links

Top Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2018. (AllAboutAlpha) A Tool for Making Sense of the Cryptocurrency Markets. (Bloomberg) Spotify Files to Go Public through Direct Listing, Cutting out Underwriters. (WSJ) A Hedge-Fund Titan Puts Away the Punch Bowl. (Wall Street Journal) The Technologies We'll Have Our Eyes on in 2018. (SingularityHub) How Fed Interest Rate Changes Will Affect Consumers in 2018. (24/7 Wall St) Jim Simons I've Always Been Something of a Risk Taker I Think.(ValueWalk) 18 Exponential Changes We Can Expect in the Year Ahead.(TechReview) Cryptocurrency's Liquidity Problem. (Microsoft) Is Bitcoin a Risk to Wider Financial Markets? (Forbes) Is QE Effective? (Please Don't Ask). (EconLog) The Year in Charts. (Economist) The Software Startup Sectors Raising the Most Capital in 2017.(TomTunguz) The Fed's Outlook. (AdvisorPerspectives) World Markets Update. (AdvisorPerspectives) Welcome to Blockchain. (Medium) Bitcoin is an Implausible Currency. (Bloomberg) Stocks are the Most Overbought in 22 Years, and History Says That's Bullish. (BigTrends) Relative Rotation Graphs Suggest to Stick with Equities While Keeping an Eye on Commodities Going into 2018. (Stockcharts) Bitcoin is a Bubble, but the Technology behind It Could Transform the World. (TheGuardian)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard