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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Muhtar Kent - EY Entrepreneur of the Year[video]

Monday, June 15, 2015

Warren Buffet - 2015 Documentary

Friday, June 12, 2015

Weekend Linkfest

The Snapshot Serengeti project lets us see the natural world as it might look without us: http://nyr.kr/1GpmGzR
This animated map shows the largest company by revenue for every state @BI_Video http://read.bi/1B58VpZ
"Champagne" prices take the fizz out of London mansion market http://bloom.bg/1MH1beO
Bello (aka @michaelreid52) on the promise and perils of mixing tequila and caipirinhas http://econ.st/1FHz4HI
Meet the Wallenbergs - http://FT.com http://on.ft.com/1Fy2cAZ via @FT
Why I joined the smiley-face cult » The Spectator http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9546332/why-i-joined-the-smiley-face-cult/ …
Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends alkaline battery life 800% http://www.pcworld.com/article/2928997/batteriser-is-a-250-gadget-that-extends-disposable-battery-life-by-800-percent.html …
Inside the wild, shadowy, and highly lucrative bail industry http://bit.ly/1Hj7sNJ
Barry Ritholtz's Masters in Business: Scott Galloway interview @ritholtz http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-08/barry-ritholtz-s-masters-in-business-scott-galloway-interview …
Thomas Paine died on this day in 1809. Here is his warning about the evils of paper money. http://bit.ly/1KkT3Bw
The Spy Who Billed Me | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-spy-who-billed-me?Src=longreads …
Welcome to Dog World! https://read.atavist.com/welcome-to-dog-world …
A European theocracy where women are banned and ethics are murky, Mount Athos is a rare find. @Whippletom visits http://intlifem.ag/OdneR74
Bed bugs infest our homes and our minds – Brooke Borel – Aeon http://aeon.co/magazine/health/bed-bugs-infest-our-homes-and-our-minds/ …
Ninety-Nine Bottles of Pee on the Wall - The Morning News http://www.themorningnews.org/article/ninety-nine-bottles-of-pee-on-the-wall …
Humblebragging Doesn't Work: narcissism looks bad, but insincerity is worse. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/how-to-brag/394136/ …

Mark Cuban Shark Tank Presentations

Thursday, May 28, 2015

A few fascinating things I've read this week [linkfest]

By Reason of Insanity"More than a hundred years later, Twain’s cry was answered. When John Hinckley, Jr., was found not guilty by reason of insanity after attempting to assassinate President Ronald Regan, Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_Defense_Reform_Act). The burden of proof shifted from the prosecution to the defense, and remains that way in the majority of states that still accept the plea. (In 1994, the Supreme Court upheld Montana’s abolition of the defense, which is also inadmissible in Idaho, Kansas, and Utah.)"
http://laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/reason-insanity?src=longreads

Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule
"..the ten-thousand-hour research reminds us that “the closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play.” In cognitively demanding fields, there are no natu- rals. Nobody walks into an operating room, straight out of a surgical rotation, and does world- class neurosurgery."
http://gladwell.com/complexity-and-the-ten-thousand-hour-rule/

Confessions of a Novelist "The examination of the story-telling process may be divided into two parts; that which concerns the technique of fiction (in the widest sense), and that which tries to investigate what, for want of a simpler term, one must call by the old bardic name of inspiration"

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1933/04/confessions-of-a-novelist/385504/

DFW's speech:

he capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death.
It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:
"This is water." "This is water."

http://web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

If You Knew Sushi
An excellent personal story from a sushi fanatic:

"After returning from Japan, I see that one of the joints in my neighborhood has posted a new menu in an attempt to revive its dying business. Now, besides the cheeseburger deluxe, there is yellowtail pastrami and bigeye-tuna mignon with potato "gnocci" and red-wine, mushroom, and foie-gras broth. Around the corner from that place is a sushi place called Tokyo Bay, whose name now evokes dioxins. Contaminated-sediment sushi."

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/06/sushi200706?printable=true

Hedge Fund Vultures to the Rescue inPuerto Rico

"But guess who sees potential in Puerto Rico? Los buitres, the vultures: American hedge funds that bought Puerto Rican bonds after the price fell and are agitating for changes to increase the value of their bonds and sell out for a profit. In some countries—Argentina, for example—hedge funds are seen as the worst of the worst. But in Puerto Rico, at least to date, they are perceived in some circles as the last, best hope."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-21/puerto-rico-hedge-fund-vultures-to-the-rescue