Road to riches[infographic]

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FW: Access to energy

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Links

• 'Grit' Is More Important Than IQ - Business Insider http://bit.ly/156t3UA 
• To disrupt an industry, it’s best to know it well | PandoDaily http://bit.ly/1746Yti 
• United States lags Europe on paid vacation time - The Washington Post http://bit.ly/16oU61v 
• The Gut-Wrenching Science Behind the World’s Hottest Peppers | Science & Nature|Smithsonian Magazine http://bit.ly/16n1Fpk 
• Fracking Might Destroy the German Beer Industry http://bit.ly/16kOsND 
• Defending Warren Buffett http://bit.ly/14XzPvL 
• More Americans Choosing to Dine Out on Sandwiches | News|Advertising Age http://bit.ly/14X1vAZ 
• ‘Bots’ That Siphon Off Tickets Frustrate Concert Promoters - http://bit.ly/12INm86 
• In the beverage industry, it's definitely tea's time - http://bit.ly/13V1bD3 
• Charts That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity - Business Insider http://bit.ly/10WH3LK 
• 50 Common Misquotations http://bit.ly/10Wo43P 
• Ron Johnson's 5 Key Mistakes At JC Penney, In His Own Words | Fast Company|Business + Innovation http://bit.ly/12azWqq 
• Warren Buffett is bullish ... on women - May. 2, 2013 http://bit.ly/16YymZH 
• If MBAs are useless, we’re all in big trouble - Quartz http://bit.ly/1ao0Tol 
• Buttonwood: Don’t just do something, sit there | The Economist http://bit.ly/16YxTql 
• A Lesson From Warren Buffett: Doubt Yourself - MoneyBeat-WSJ http://bit.ly/13U8DhM 
• Can Thorium Solve All Of Our Energy Problems? - Business Insider http://bit.ly/13U3mqo 
  Longreads: 
• The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men - Benjamin Schwarz-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/1aocxzM 
• David Sedaris: Guest-Room Gambits : The New Yorker http://bit.ly/12gi1hZ 
• The Girl Who Turned to Bone - Carl Zimmer-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/12JDniI  #longreads
  Videos: 
• Stephen Colbert Commencement Speech http://www.theopenstrategist.com/2013/05/stephen-colbert-commencement-speech.html?spref=tw …
• Hugh Hendry: Investing Amidst Crashes, China & Speculators | The Big Picture http://bit.ly/10Wp87Y 
• Lopez Tonight - Russell Peters Punk'd by the King of Jordan-King Abdullah-YouTube http://bit.ly/173BMKs 

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Stephen Colbert Commencement Speech

Peshing Square challenge(Bill Ackman)

FW: Change of faith

Via : Economist (View article...)

Sunday Links

Welcome to Google Island | Gadget Lab http://bit.ly/10VHNRi
7 tools for critical thinking oc
Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That - http://bit.ly/18jxKhz
Marketing: Less guff, more puff | The Economist http://bit.ly/112T8Tw
John Green's tumblr • The Commencement Address http://bit.ly/14Sqi96

Welcome to the Real Space Age NYmag

The Tragic Beauty of Google+ | http://bit.ly/112TGZD

The New Science Behind Philanthropy | WSJ.Money Summer 2013 http://bit.ly/1an1iHK

Extreme outcomes http://bit.ly/16Y0n3k

Japans Economy - docstoc

Our world of algos - aeon

Weekend Links

Many Fronts in Fighting Obesity - http://NYTimes.com  http://bit.ly/127xr8r 
The Exercise Equivalent of a Cheeseburger? - http://bit.ly/10TXPLl 
Modern Farmer | Whey Too Much: Greek Yogurt’s Dark Side http://bit.ly/18goHxU 
Death of the Salesmen: Technology's Threat to Retail Jobs - Derek Thompson-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/127pXCj 
How Benjamin Graham Revolutionized Shareholder Activism - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/127p4JZ 
Google Glass Porn - Business Insider http://bit.ly/16gPkTI 
Stockholm Riots Leave Sweden's Dreams Of Perfect Society Up In Smoke - Business Insider http://bit.ly/12EoK03 
Things I Wish I Knew As An Analyst - Business Insider http://bit.ly/14JVzuM 
Getting An MBA Better Than Getting A CFA - Business Insider http://bit.ly/14JV307 
The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss - Liza Mundy-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/16eZMuP  #longreads
2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest - In Focus-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/16U3zwW 
Embrace the Business Model That Threatens You - Leonard Fuld-Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/16eNYsm 
How to Enjoy Your Decision: Scientific American Podcast http://bit.ly/16eAxc6 
A meeting by any other name isn’t worth going to - http://bit.ly/16TnIDq 
Medbox: Dawn of the Marijuana Vending Machine - Businessweek http://bit.ly/10RvF3C  #longreads
How to buy happiness - http://bit.ly/10RrTXW 
Is This Why TED Talks Seem So Convincing? — Priceonomics Blog http://bit.ly/133gPdt 
n+1: The Uncertainty of Risk http://bit.ly/12BmS8o  #longreads
“Children Are Dying” - People & Politics-Washingtonian http://bit.ly/16ek6MU  #longreads
DEEPSEA CHALLENGE — Part 1: Voyage to the Deep http://bit.ly/10PbPWF  #longreads
Life Lessons in Fighting the Culture of Bullshit - Jon Lovett-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/166HVpW 
Why You’re Addicted to TV - Newsweek and The Daily Beast http://bit.ly/166EWh2  #longreads

FW: Why Americans love the IRS

Via: economist

FW: Discuss: TBTF = Too Big To Jail

 

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FW: Apple’s International Tax Structure[chart]

 

Click to enlarge Source: NYT

 

Geek productivity chart

Via: Chartporn

Victoria Day Links

• 27 Lessons Learned from The Office - Esquire http://bit.ly/162Qmm8 
• Rajat Gupta’s Lust for Zeros - http://bit.ly/12pHIYa  #longreads
• Message to a Graduate | The Big Picture http://bit.ly/10JeiGb 
• A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects - New York Times http://bit.ly/12pqnPd 
• Cohen Gets Subpoena in SAC Capital Trading Inquiry - http://bit.ly/13G1Yrp 
• Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest Animals - Business Insider http://bit.ly/10IfOEz 
• Neil Gaiman - Inspirational Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012-YouTube http://bit.ly/10GGjtW 
• After IPO, Facebook Gets Serious About Making Money - http://bit.ly/10Gcr0O 
• WSJ: “When Your Boss Makes You Pay for Being Fat” http://bit.ly/10GbGom 
• Fight back against restaurants' cruel abuse of wine drinkers. - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/10GbiGx 
• David Beckham retires from football - world exclusive-Mail Online http://bit.ly/13DXwtp 
• The changing nature of work http://bit.ly/17KfKN7  #longreads
• A VC: You Can Do Too Much Due Diligence http://bit.ly/12jTOlz 
  TED: 
• Liu Bolin: The invisible man | http://bit.ly/162Sw5g 
• Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism | http://bit.ly/13G95A0 

Weekend Links

• Why Rituals Work: Scientific American http://bit.ly/13CNoRA 
• Why JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Is Wall Street's Indispensable Man - Businessweek http://bit.ly/13CN3hI 
• Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class - http://bit.ly/17KFzN3 
• Meet Dylan, the daytrader - The Washington Post http://bit.ly/17KByYS 
• Secret Rocks and Gem Hunters | WSJ.Money Summer 2013 http://bit.ly/17KudbQ 
• Quite Obviously, Peter Drucker Advised Dunder Mifflin - http://thedx.druckerinstitute.com/2013/05/drucker-advised-dunder-mifflin/ … (via @DruckerInst)
• An open letter to Nassim Taleb: 1 http://bit.ly/15Tx8iE 
• Solo Workers Bond at Shared Workspaces - http://bit.ly/10ybfR6 
• Godzilla vs. Mothra, the sequel - Fortune Tech http://bit.ly/10yaEPv 
• Is Sex Still Sexy? - Emily Esfahani Smith-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/14c3XmI 
• Caterpillar's Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing's Mouthpiece - Businessweek http://bit.ly/17F8O3z 
• Shocking account of a corrupt Indian Big pharma: Dirty medicine - Fortune Features http://bit.ly/19uffTN #longreads
• How I Met My Daughter by Max Barry | Byliner http://bit.ly/10u41to  #Touching
• Dick Costolo at 2013 spring commencement http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=oqRPesTumlA&feature=player_embedded&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DoqRPesTumlA …
• Paul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It? - Alexis C. Madrigal-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/17CdwPE #longreads
• 38 Reasons Everything Is Way Better In Canada http://bit.ly/10AFmTP 

Rising gems[infographic]

via: WSJ

ROI of Corporate Lobbying

 

Source: United Republic Hat tip Fabius Maximus

 

Links

• The Buffett Formula — How To Get Smarter http://bit.ly/10BW0Td 
• How To Be Happy http://bit.ly/17CioV2 
• "Google is banal" http://bit.ly/17CfqzP 
• The Ethics of Extreme Porn: Is Some Sex Wrong Even Among Consenting Adults? - Conor Friedersdorf-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/10BUiRR #longreads
• Paul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It? - Alexis C. Madrigal-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/17CdwPE #longreads
• The I.R.S. and the Tea Party: Where Is the Scandal? : The New Yorker http://bit.ly/13A7hbP 
• Benghazi filies - primary sources http://bit.ly/15OMDsg 
• Bitcoin evolution - Bits and Pieces - http://bit.ly/13yky4L
• 38 Reasons Everything Is Way Better In Canada http://bit.ly/10AFmTP 
• Lunch with the FT: Justin Welby - http://bit.ly/10zIQ9g 
• Stephen Wolfram Blog : Dropping In on Gottfried Leibniz http://bit.ly/10s6jgy  #longreads
• Shocking account of a corrupt Indian Big pharma: Dirty medicine - Fortune Features http://bit.ly/19uffTN #longreads
• In the Programmable World, All Our Objects Will Act as One | Gadget Lab http://bit.ly/19tWHDg 
• Daniel Loeb and the future of sony http://bit.ly/10yNXXc 
• Jason Gay: 29 Rules for College Graduates - http://bit.ly/10yNJQ0 
• 11 Things That Make You a Bad Driver | Mental Floss http://bit.ly/17v2hIV