Friends Don't Let Friends Use Facebook - Weekly Reading Links - March 24th, 2018

This week, Facebook's value dropped almost 3% due to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. "Luckily" for Zuckerberg, he has sold over 5 million shares this year.

 

 

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:

Great Data Scientists Don't Just Think outside the Box, They Redefine the Box. (KDNuggets) Adaptive Flexibility is the Future of Supercomputing the Arm Advantage for HPC Workloads. (HPCWire) Understanding Quantum Computers: the Basics. (TheNextWeb) 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018. (TechReview) The Legal Battle to Colonize Mars. (TheOutline) NASA Astronaut Twins Scott and Mark Kelly No Longer Genetically Identical after Space Trip. (Telegraph) How to Increase Dopamine to Skyrocket Your Motivation. (DaringToLiveFully) How to Prioritize Your Life and Make Time for What Matters. (Tim) What is Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Elite Status Worth in 2018?(ThePointsGuy) Demand for American Sperm is Skyrocketing in Brazil. (WSJ) What Breaking the 4-Minute Mile Taught Us about the Limits of Conventional Thinking. (HBR) The Best Books on Philosophy of Mind. (FiveBooks) Yale Neuroscientists Debunked the Idea that Anyone is Normal.(Quartz) Can Secret to Staying Forever Young Be as Simple as Flicking a Switch? (FastCompany) Three Essential Lessons from Athletic Training You Can Apply to Scaling Your Small Business. (Worldwide101) To Control Your Life, Control What You Pay Attention To. (HBR) It's Official: Russia is Targeting Critical American Infrastructure with Malicious Cyberattacks'. (TheNextWeb) How Google Maps Changes Borders Based on Your Location.(TwistedSifter) FDA Opens Way for You to Test for Cancer Risk by Mail. (WSJ) People Don't Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves. (HBR)

Market-Related Links

Facebook Just Lost More Than Tesla's Entire Market Cap in Two Days.(Bloomberg) JPMorgan Chase International Chairman Backs New Non-anonymous Digital Currency. (FinExtra) 12 Startups Utilizing Blockchain Technology in New Ways.(Entrepreneur) Why Silicon Valley Hasn't Moved to Texas (Yet). (Bloomberg) Fed Chair Questions Value of Yield Curve for Recession Forecasts.(CapitalSpectator) The West Was Right about China. (EconLog) Trump Could Be Bumbling into a Trade War with China. (The Atlantic) Ironies of Luck. (Collaborative Fund) The Wealth Machine that Rising Interest Rates Create and the Conflict with the National Debt. (FS) Trump Builds Economy and War Machine. (FinancialSense) Focusing on What Really Creates Your Trading Success. (TraderFeed) Recognize this Chart? Check Your Elliott Wave Count "Through the Looking Glass". (ElliottWave) Light at the End of the Tunnel, but Will Mifid Dark Pool Rules Add Up?(WatersTechnology) Intelligence Training: How to Gain Insight. (CFAInstitute) Update: for Fun, Stock Market as Barometer of Policy Success. (CalculatedRisk) Momentum Everywhere, Including in Factors. (AlphaArchitect) Banking Isn't Prepared for the Digital Revolution. (TheFinancialBrand) Valuation for Robinhood, Maker of App that Offers Free Stock Trades, Tops $5 Billion. (Wall Street Journal) This Multibillion-Dollar Corporation is Controlled by a Penniless Yoga Superstar. (Bloomberg) This Silicon Valley Sleeper Hit App Just Got $52 Million to Do for Spreadsheets What Microsoft Did for Computers. (BI)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard