Links

Troublemakers — www.gladwell.com — Readability http://bit.ly/16jdg68
The Charitable-Industrial Complex — http://www.nytimes.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/16zZzhp 
When Rape Goes Viral — http://www.thedailybeast.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/18PGX2D 
'There Are No Fat People in Paris' - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/16zMMLS 
How Musicians Really Make Money in One Long Graph - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/13WZ2av 
Lunch with the FT: Sir Peter Lampl - http://FT.com  — http://www.ft.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/13Wil3t 
The media diet :: Ryerson Review of Journalism :: The Ryerson School of Journalism http://bit.ly/16jdlqu
Jeffrey Levitt Stole $15 Million of S&L money http://bit.ly/13yU1Ax

Longform Links

• A Map of American Electricity Use in 1921 http://flip.it/mUvyP 
• How much do people drink - does it matter? http://rdd.me/cwdpkjlt  via @readability
• A life and death situation http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/a-life-or-death-situation.html?ref=magazine&_r=1&&pagewanted=print …
• The lives of lions http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/serengeti-lions/quammen-text …
• something borrowed http://rdd.me/qwp6y4ho  via @readability
• Beauty is just business http://rdd.me/z7bhx8vw  via @readability
• How an Introvert Can Be Happier: Act Like an Extrovert http://rdd.me/mglorpyz  via @readability
• Bronte capital vs. Ackman http://brontecapital.blogspot.ca/2013/07/it-was-night-before-christmas.html?spref=tw …
• A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/business/a-shuffle-of-aluminum-but-to-banks-pure-gold.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 …
• How Legalizing Prostitution Has Failed http://rdd.me/3k75mfw2  via @readability
• The disposable Sherpas #longreads http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/mountaineering/Disposable-Man-History-of-the-Sherpa-on-Everest.html?page=all&src=longreads …
• The Cult of Amazon http://rdd.me/f1clfjw0  via @readability
• Tom Thum: The orchestra in my mouth http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_thum_the_orchestra_in_my_mouth.html?utm_source=twitter&source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share … [ video]
• There's No Formula for Fixing Detroit, and That's a Good Thing http://rdd.me/vqpaxesy  via @readability
• Slow Ideas http://rdd.me/wswr1pst  via @readability
• Greenlight Capital Q1 2013 Letter: Yen Winner, Ballmer Looser http://rdd.me/qbyd9mvu  via @readability

FW: Nuclear Power in Decline?

 

Source: Economist

FW: What Drives History

 

Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Hat tip Josh

 

FW: King-in-waiting

 

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Assorted Links

8 Successful Entrepreneurs Give Their Younger Selves Lessons They Wish They'd Known Then | Fast Companyhttp:/ http://bit.ly/1dOP8Jm 
Automation Anxiety | Wilson Quarterly http://bit.ly/19cAG0b 
15 Things MSN Messenger Taught You About Relationships http://bit.ly/15YeymY 
The Last Executioner - - News - New York - Village Voice http://bit.ly/1306Gwb 

A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold http://bit.ly/1dOraOg 

The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements - Paul Offit - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/1dOqdFW 

Against chopped salad: Traditional salad is great, and the Chop’t trend is out of hand. - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/13049SG 

Have You Ever Tried to Eat a Feral Pig? - Nancy Matsumoto - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/12ZYDiJ 

Steve Ells, Chipotle Founder, Reflects On McDonald's, GMOs And The First 20 Years Of His Chain http://bit.ly/12ZYiwF 

Max Keiser of Russia Today: The YouTube star is the thinking man’s Alex Jones. - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/13vLYse 

Poland and Israel: A controversy over ritual slaughter | The Economist http://bit.ly/1937w3w 

Contaminated school lunches have killed 22 kids in India http://bloom.bg/17k68W6 

Beers Of The World [MAPS] - Business Insider http://bit.ly/192VKpS 

Assorted Links

World at Work: India:   - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/1dC0fp3  slideshow
How Clothes Should Fit http://bit.ly/12H4gCo 
Nassim Taleb's Musings On Facebook - Business Insider http://bit.ly/15Kwq4F
Likelihood Of Getting A Response In Online Dating: Men Vs. Women - Business Insider http://bit.ly/15Kv8qz 
The Curious Genius Of Amar Bose | Popular Science http://bit.ly/15JUvZx 
high prices — http://www.gladwell.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/18YwaCe 
Where The Jobs Are (And Where They Aren't), In 1 Graph : Planet Money : NPR http://bit.ly/18Yhsvd 
America's terrible health record Found at http://bit.ly/1dzPDa8  pic.twitter.com/rpebKOsT5C
What It Took 20 Years on Wall Street to Learn | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network http://bit.ly/15IeB6m 
Kensho Brings The Cloud To Wall Street - Business Insider http://bit.ly/12EjE2p 
John Law and the Mississippi Bubble - YouTube http://bit.ly/12DYstn 
"What I learned about Hugo Chávez's mental health when I visited Venezuela with Sean Penn." http://rdd.me/awhne6nb  via @readability
Lunch with the FT: Eliot Spitzer http://bit.ly/18XW09H 

FW: Internet Enlightenment

 

Source: xkcd

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Weekend Links

• In Iraq, the Bomb-Detecting Device That Didn't Work, Except to Make Money - Businessweek http://bit.ly/1duMmsz 
• Take My Wi-Fi, Please – ReadWrite http://bit.ly/18UjEnu 
• Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others? | Surprising Science http://bit.ly/12vIJkH 
• Why The Flash is the Only Human Living In the Present | Overthinking It, Scientific American Blog Network http://bit.ly/18UgfoC 
• Dropbox Blows Up the Box, Connecting Every App, File, and Device | Wired Business http://bit.ly/18Ufr30 
• 12 Difficult Questions For Team Digg ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community http://bit.ly/1duBJWR 
• At Sears, Eddie Lampert's Warring Divisions Model Adds to the Troubles - Businessweek http://bit.ly/15lkZxT 
• Special Deal by Haley Sweetland Edwards | The Washington Monthly http://bit.ly/15ze4nf 
• Female athletes' biggest opponents are their own breasts - ESPN The Magazine http://bit.ly/18PPJgf  #longreads
• Miss Teen America finds freedom, for a day | Tampa Bay Times http://bit.ly/1dnZQ9p 
• So, You Want to Hide from the NSA? Your Guide to the Nearly Impossible - Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire http://bit.ly/1dmIVUF 
• How Spitzer as comptroller could impact Wall Street - The Tell - MarketWatch http://bit.ly/1dmFD3L 
• Fabulous Fab - Trader's Day in Court May Lack Some Details http://bit.ly/12VUsZm 
• The Road To Resilience: How Unscientific Innovation Saved Marlin Steel | Fast Company | Business + Innovation http://bit.ly/1duMU1I

FW: The price of men

 

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Links

• So, You Want to Hide from the NSA? Your Guide to the Nearly Impossible - Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire http://bit.ly/1dmIVUF 
• How Spitzer as comptroller could impact Wall Street - The Tell - MarketWatch http://bit.ly/1dmFD3L 
• Jay-Z Is Right: Most Rappers Are Lying About Their Money - Businessweek http://bit.ly/18NY6J6 
• 22 Signs You've Found Your Best Friend Forever http://bit.ly/18NSuhO 
• Fabulous Fab - Trader's Day in Court May Lack Some Details http://bit.ly/12VUsZm 
• Special Deal by Haley Sweetland Edwards | The Washington Monthly http://bit.ly/12u2lB9 #longreads
• The Audacity of Bro — www.gq.com — Readability http://bit.ly/15yY44L #longreads

FW: Banking behemoths

 

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Monday Links

• Lunch with the FT: Meredith Whitney FT
• The Mystery of the Missing Hotel Toothpaste slate
• Should Colleges Charge Engineers More Than English Majors? Atlantic
• Your Flip-Flops Are Grossing Me Out slate
• On investing bias 25iq
• Elizabeth Warren Tackles Wall Street | The Nation http://bit.ly/12hbooU  #longreads
• Hindi (my mother tongue) is one of the least weird languages in the world | The world's weirdest languages | http://bit.ly/14WZsf1 
• Grilling Over Gas Is Objectively, Scientifically Better Than Grilling Over Charcoal | Wired Opinion http://bit.ly/14YDIze 
• About Face: Emotions and Facial Expressions May Not Be Directly Related | Boston Magazine http://bit.ly/17Y5MsS 
• Valuing shale assets : http://bit.ly/17SOEB4 
• Around the world in 20 gaffes - Telegraph http://bit.ly/17RH361 
• Survival of the fittest http://bit.ly/18AUNVB 
• How to Make Love in America | Hazlitt | Random House of Canada http://bit.ly/18AUha2 
• On Snowden http://bit.ly/17RHxZO 

Michael Burry Case Studies

Michael Burry Case Studies by ValueWalk.com

Weekend Links

• Brilliant takedown: Open letter to an idiot nation # longreads http://www.stonekettle.com/2013/07/and-open-letter-to-idiot-nation.html …
• Internship From Hell http://chronicle.com/article/Internship-From-Hell/139951/?src=longreads …
• Why do we bang at night? http://io9.com/why-do-we-have-sex-at-night-592504342 …
• The broker who saved America http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/07/04/the-broker-who-saved-america/ …
• The new science of memes QZ
• How Google Flu Trends Is Getting to the Bottom of Messy Data
• http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/07/how_google_flu_trends_is_getting_to_the_bottom.html …
• One of China’s biggest growth markets: condoms http://flip.it/P7kjf 
• RT @ritholtz: Byron Wien’s 20 Rules of Investing & Life http://flip.it/CB9h1  $$
• The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2011/08/the-7-habits-of-highly-ineffective-people/ …
• Google Ventures Stresses Science of Deal, Not Art of the Deal NYT
• The Collapse of Science, Not Housing, Ended the American Dream http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-douglas-fields/the-collapse-of-science-n_b_3416953.html …
• Demographers Discover The Fundamental Law Governing the Growth of Cities TR