Long weekend link-fest

Clayton Christiansen -  Such a treat talking to @pmarca at @startupgrind: http://bit.ly/223f4Q0
Sell Short the “Ph.D. Standard,” Buy Gold – Non-Dollar Report http://nondollarreport.com/2016/03/sell-short-the-phd-standard-buy-gold/ …
Network Effects http://www.slideshare.net/a16z/network-effects-59206938/21-For_example_if_its_X …
Excessively Candid http://FoodNetwork.com Recipe Reviews - The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/excessively-candid-foodnetwork-com-recipe-reviews?intcid=mod-most-popular …
McKinsey’s fingerprints are all over Valeant - http://FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0bb37fd2-ef63-11e5-aff5-19b4e253664a.html?ftcamp=crm%2Femail%2F%2Fnbe%2FArtsLeisure%2Fproduct …
Rooted to the plot: what can Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ teach gardeners? - http://FT.com http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/27cb998e-ed01-11e5-bb79-2303682345c8.html?ftcamp=crm%2Femail%2F%2Fnbe%2FArtsLeisure%2Fproduct …
(8) Advita Bihani's answer to What are things I should do every day to have a good life? - Quora https://www.quora.com/What-are-things-I-should-do-every-day-to-have-a-good-life/answer/Advita-Bihani …
Lord Mervyn King: "The End of Alchemy" | Talks at Google - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj7-lO7pT-s&feature=youtu.be …
IAmA partner with a multi strategy hedge fund : SecurityAnalysis https://www.reddit.com/r/SecurityAnalysis/comments/47yrup/iama_partner_with_a_multi_strategy_hedge_fund/ …
Frenzel & Herzing Value Investment Blog» Blog Archive » HQ Life and the Story of the Fake Sheikh http://frenzel-herzing.com/hq-life-and-the-story-of-the-flash-sheikh/ …
An in-depth conversation on 10 years of tweeting with @Jack Dorsey http://bloom.bg/1Uf9S7i
Here's Ex-Lehman CFO Erin Callan's Stunning New Memoir - Fortune http://fortune.com/2016/03/21/erin-callan-lehman-book/ …
A British mathematician just won a $700,000 prize for solving this fascinating math problem http://read.bi/1pzdjZJ
MiB: Bethany McLean - The Big Picture http://ritholtz.com/2016/03/mib-bethany-
PRESENTING: Wall Street's brightest minds reveal the most important charts in the world http://read.bi/1pzcLmG
The Reith Lectures, Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012, The Human Hive http://bbc.in/Lc2WEN
Inside Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Fight With the FBI | TIME http://time.com/4262480/tim-cook-apple-fbi-2/ …
Bridgewater, world’s largest hedge fund, plans for life after founder http://on.wsj.com/1S4gr8T via @WSJ
How GE Exorcised the Ghost of Jack Welch to Become a 124-Year-Old Startup - Bloomberg Business http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-17/how-ge-exorcised-the-ghost-of-jack-welch-to-become-a-124-year-old-startup …
We create the names of paint colors for a living -. Ask us anything! : IAmA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3tyt69/we_create_the_names_of_paint_colors_for_a_living/ …
A profile of elevators: Up and Then Down - The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-

Some video/podcast links

Fascinating example of human-computer interaction: The New York Gambit, via @nytimes http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/nyregion/vying-to-become-the-next-bobby-fischer-chess-championship.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone …
Why workers hate open-plan offices, pricing in political risk and women in the global economy http://podcast.ft.com/?p=3302
AMAZING MiB: Jack Bogle, Vanguard Group founder http://ritholtz.com/2016/03/mib-jack-bogle-vanguard-group-founder/ …
Watching Charlie Rose: Ron Chernow on @CharlieRose: http://hulu.com/w/s0rq
Learning machine learning — Benedict Evans http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2016/3/14/to58mvtuxcs47ndvw0gmdqnh7d1tab#.VukZb5-eLbU.twitter …
Watching Charlie Rose: Marissa Mayer on @CharlieRose: http://hulu.com/w/rv2d
Via @NPR: Episode 390: We Set Up An Offshore Company In A Tax Haven http://n.pr/1S4GZqB
Via @NPR: Episode 689: A Hedge Fund, A Country, And A Big Sailboat http://n.pr/1YHK6ay
Via @NPR: Episode 687: Buy This Passport http://n.pr/1QMitqC
Via @NPR: Episode 424: How Much Is A Firefighter Worth? http://n.pr/1R1Zd94
The Ice King http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/frozen-assets/ …
The Yin and Yang of Basketball http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/yin-yang-basketball/ …

Linkfest

John Bogle tells the fascinating story of Vanguard’s origins http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/03/masters-business-jack-bogle-vanguard-group-founder/ …
Watching Charlie Rose: Marissa Mayer on @CharlieRose: http://hulu.com/w/rv2d
The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice. | History | Smithsonian http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/?no-ist …
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html …
The long march from China to the Ivies | 1843 https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-long-march-from-china-to-the-ivies …
The Billionaires’ Loophole - The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/david-rubenstein-and-the-carried-interest-dilemma …
Former CEO Mulcahy on Turning Xerox Around https://youtu.be/Q_hRTyllwC4?list=PL5C14B375A7F2FEA8 … via @YouTube
Gimlet Media | » #57 Milk Wanted https://gimletmedia.com/episode/57-milk-wanted/ …
#8 Frequent Flyer Miles by Surprisingly Awesome via #soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/surprisinglyawesome/frequent-flyer-miles?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_content=https%3A//soundcloud.com/surprisinglyawesome/frequent-flyer-miles …
Richard Oldfield, Chairman of Oldfield Partners LLP https://youtu.be/t-OAWlhJUo4 via @YouTube
Mary Pilon: "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind ..... https://youtu.be/-CpE8K4ts6s via @YouTube
The director of @tribecafilm on the storytelling power of Snapchat @ZoeLaHenry http://bit.ly/1Ref309
A Eulogy for the Pit Trader — MEL Magazine — Medium https://features.wearemel.com/a-eulogy-for-the-pit-trader-ee2a2dfeb85#.y18lrwt16 …
The Incredible Rise and Final Hours of Fracking King Aubrey McClendon http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-aubrey-mcclendon/ …
I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ask Me Anything. : IAmA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/49jkhn/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/ …

Weekend Linkfest

Travis Kalanick: Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars | TED Talk | http://TED.com http://www.ted.com/talks/travis_kalanick_uber_s_plan_to_get_more_people_into_fewer_cars …
Warren Buffett CNBC Transcript, Feb 29, 2016 https://www.scribd.com/doc/301250188/Warren-Buffett-CNBC-Transcript-Feb-29-2016 …
Mamma mia! As Starbucks looms, Italians warm to U.S.-style coffee http://on.wsj.com/1Qpe1Bg
How @Snapchat makes money http://bloom.bg/1QtYnCk
Former hedge fund manager Phil Falcone spoke in public for the 1st time in years slamming HF industry http://uk.businessinsider.com/falcone-speaks-at-alpha-hedge-east-2016-2 …
According to Malcolm Gladwell, mastering a skill takes 10,000 hours of practice. Does it? http://go.nautil.us/practice
Sir Ronald Cohen: Impact Investing Is the Future https://youtu.be/VgWJZiRL7BQ via @YouTube
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The Daily Telegraph through the eyes of its readers http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/Telegraph-letters-Editor-anniversary/index.htm

Rural electric co-ops, traditionally bastions of coal, are getting into solar - Vox http://www.vox.com/2016/2/26/11116230/rural-electric-co-ops-solar …
Watching Charlie Rose: Bill Gates on @CharlieRose: http://t.co/tOejTz2zRE
Moody's CFO Linda Huber Has Instituted Changes https://youtu.be/yGhlIVjzW3w via @YouTube
A Conversation with Nate Silver — Conversations with Tyler — Medium https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/nate-silver-conversations-with-tyler-1bdafe685d77#.c4oqzpyx8 …
Odd Lots: The Big Long - Bloomberg Business http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-22/odd-lots-the-big-long …
Paul Graham on Doing Things Right by Accident · The Macro http://www.themacro.com/articles/2016/02/paul-graham-startup-school-radio-interview/ …
Fintech's search for a 'super-algo', and Mohamed El-Erian on avoiding the next collapse | FT Alphachat on acast https://www.acast.com/ft-alphachat/fintechssearchforasuper-algo-andmohamedel-erianonavoidingthenextcollapse …
Alphachat: Boardroom battles at Xiaomi http://aca.st/eef86e via @acast
Berkshire Hathaway: The Next Ten Years http://www.rationalwalk.com/?p=14163 via @rationalwalk
What @Google learned while trying to create the perfect team. https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/ …
Best Practices for Building a Meaningful Network https://youtu.be/56C8l4klXUg via @YouTube
Interview With Jeff Gramm Author Of Dear Chairman http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/12/dear-chairman-book/ … via @ValueWalk
Lost in the Meritocracy http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/ …