Why A.I. Can't Always Fix Human Stupidity - Weekly Reading Links - January 26th, 2018

Record numbers of teens are eating tide pods ... for likes and retweets. It's such an "epidemic" that Rob Gronkowski partnered with Tide to release a PSA. Baffling.

 

 

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:

Amazon Go: Amazon's New No-Money, No-Line, Brick and Mortar Store (It's Scaring Everyone Else in Retail). (Inc) Apollo Astronauts Often Fell behind Schedule on the Moon.(TheVerge) This Tiny Robot Moves So Fast It's Just a Blur on Camera. (TheVerge) The Firm of the Future. (Bain) The Secret to Henry Kissinger's Success. (Politico) They are Watching You and Everything Else on the Planet. (NatGeo) A Mind Made out of Silk. (Quanta) CES 2018: Real Advances, Real Progress, Real Questions. (Medium) Watch Tony Robbins Bring Someone to Tears in a One-on-one Motivational Session. (BusinessInsider) Tech Tools for Keeping New Years' Resolutions. (Unclutterer) Three Reasons Your Presentation is Literally Putting People to Sleep.(FastCompany) Photo Format from Google and Mozilla Could Leave JPEG in the Dust.(CNet) Ten Questions Recruiters Shouldn't Ask - and You Shouldn't Answer.(Forbes) Plato Would Have Wanted You to Unplug. (Eidolon) Mastering the Learning Pyramid. (Edgeperspectives) Finding the Platform in Your Product. (HBR) The Best Reads on Platforms from 2017. (Stories) Editorial Cartooning, Then and Now. (Medium) Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious. (Quanta) I Replaced the Word Millennials' with 43-Year-Old White Men' and Now these Headlines are *Italian Chef Kissing Fingers Gesture*.(Medium)

Market-Related Links

2018: the Year Blockchain, AI and IoT Converge. (CoinDesk) Blockchain in Action. (OZY) The Cryptocurrency Mania is Sure to End in Tears. (Barrons) Bitcoin: the Big Short is Already Here and It Could Get Far Worse.(SeekingAlpha) Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future. (New York Times) Rolling Back Regulations Often Comes before a Financial Meltdown, According to 300 Years of History. (Quartz) Diary of an IPO. (Redfin) Amazon Effect Steamrolling the Restaurant Industry. (FoxBusiness) This Company is Increasingly Looking like the Berkshire Hathaway of Technology. (SeekingAlpha) This Billion-Dollar Amazon Business is Growing Faster Than Amazon Web Services. (Fool) Trump Has Given North Korea the Greatest Gift Ever. (Vox) Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care. (New York Times) New Tax Code Has Long Route Ahead before It Can Be Implemented. (NPR) Stocks Soar, Mergers Slump, Activist Investors Wield Power. (WSJ) Why Google and Amazon Keep Fidelity and BlackRock up at Night.(Bloomberg) Six Health Stories to Watch in 2018. (Wall Street Journal) Robots are Making Your Sushi, and That's Good for the Economy. (Bloomberg) Never Mind Bitcoin. China Loves AI Stocks. (Bloomberg) Coinbase Wants Wall Street to Resolve Its Bitcoin Trust Issues.(Bloomberg) A Wall Street Consultancy Eviscerated Crypto in a Massive Report and It Should Strike Fear into the Heart of Every Bitcoin Bull.(BusinessInsider)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard