Links

• National Flags Created From the Foods Each Country Is Commonly Associated With http://bit.ly/157JNst 
• On Marrying a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse — http://www.theatlantic.com  — Readability http://www.readability.com/articles/fihqkeon …
• "I want a fur coat and a villa and a cat": The art and agony of the English marriage — http://www.newstatesman.com  http://bit.ly/192y81r 
• On talent: Meg Wolitzer: In search of the real thing http://bit.ly/155hURS 
• The vegans have landed — http://www.aeonmagazine.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/16RZuXY 
• The golden rupee | FT Alphaville http://bit.ly/16RYT8J 
• What is the value of unique? | FT Alphaville http://bit.ly/140HegY 
• A profile of Djokovic: "The Third Man" http://rdd.me/yxtdjuzx  via @readability
• Bill Ackman's Interview With Charlie Rose http://bit.ly/15deoef 
• Lunch with the FT: Zhu Min - http://FT.com  — http://www.ft.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/12FThh2 
• What Would Winston Do? — http://reutersmagazine.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/12FRdFH 
• Druckversion - ThyssenKrupp Under Fire: 'We Won't Be Pressured' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International http://bit.ly/16B66Xc 
• Academic QotD: “It is unclear why the [twitter] sentiment at the Holy Cross cemetery is positive” http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.5010v1.pdf …

Buffet on Financial Audits and corporate bonds

Longform Links

• The Man Who Invented Modern Probability — nautil.us — Readability http://bit.ly/16ABTr9 
• Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?" http://rdd.me/6lpdd9w5  via @readability
• Margaret Thatcher Reviewed by John Gray | New Republic http://bit.ly/14T79SO 
• "The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography" http://rdd.me/xkp88gjk  via @readability
• "Ballmer unbound (Fortune 2004) - Fortune Features" http://rdd.me/cwc9fpoa  via @readability
• A profile of NYT CEO: The Suit in the Newsroom — http://nymag.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/13QcoHR 
• Oppenheimer: The Shape of Genius by Freeman Dyson | The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/1dD46VE 
• "Homegrown Green Energy Is Making Power Utilities Irrelevant" http://rdd.me/5aggpmjx  via @readability
• Sinister Minds: Are Left-Handed People Smarter? — http://www.newyorker.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/13Ooxx9 
• Barnes & Noble totally reverses strategy in train wreck of an investor call — Tech News and Analysis http://bit.ly/1dCTgyS 
• The Best Value Investing Quotes and Sizzling WidsomThe Value Investing Blog of Old School Value http://bit.ly/14OREev
• Ben Bernanke: "The Audacious Pragmatist" http://rdd.me/pv5sadtr  via @readability
• [Forum] | Sleeping Together, by Gideon Lewis-Kraus | Harper's Magazine http://bit.ly/13Od14D 
• AEON Magazine: "Queen of tides" http://rdd.me/mb6c0phk  via @readability

Burgalaries in EU[map]

 

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Thursday Links

The atlantic - "Saudi Arabia's War on Witchcraft" http://rdd.me/afijfd8o  via @readability
Schumpeter: In praise of laziness | The Economist http://bit.ly/151QRwJ 
HERBALIFE is going down : Pershing Square Second Quarter Investor Letter Bill Ackman http://bit.ly/1bUMy5F  #HLF
The Daily Dot - "LinkedIn doesn't care if we're assaulted": Sex workers speak out http://bit.ly/1duqC2P 
Sports, Complexity, and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule : The New Yorker http://bit.ly/1dupb4l 
A Profile of PEPSI CO CEO: "Snacks for a Fat Planet" http://rdd.me/avyfgtza  via @readability
A profile of Whole Foods CEO: "Food Fighter" http://rdd.me/gnqakyvq  via
"How the light gets out" http://rdd.me/zmweebml  via @readability
"General Al-Sisi: The Man Who Now Runs Egypt" http://rdd.me/rvcsbcsj 
A profile of Bloomberg: "After Bloomberg" http://rdd.me/jjqnuhe5  via

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Tuesday Linkfest

• Amazing cheat sheet on how to run a business | http://jamesaltucher.quora.com/The-Ultimate-Cheat-Sheet-For-Starting-And-Running-A-Business …
• "34 Insights From Nassim Taleb" http://rdd.me/w6fyi82r  via @readability
• "Jeff Bezos’ PowerPoint prohibition" http://rdd.me/vl50fqdu  via @readability
• "Lost in the Meritocracy" http://rdd.me/2mnexkbi  via @readability
• Tokyo, as you've never seen it: the second largest photo ever taken – interactive http://gu.com/p/3tx7e/tw  via @guardian
• Expecting the Unexpected From Jeff Bezos http://bit.ly/14Ulfcv 
• Facebook is bad for you: Get a life! | The Economist http://bit.ly/1bJxoQA 
• How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage: http://youtu.be/F8UFGu2M2gM  via @youtube
• ▶ Mission Impossible (Piano/Cello/Violin) ft. Lindsey Stirling - ThePianoGuys - YouTube http://bit.ly/14SCieT 
• "After Bloomberg" http://rdd.me/jjqnuhe5 via NewYorker

Value investor Monish Pabria[video]

Weekend Longform Links

• Lunch with FT: Carolina Herrera http://bit.ly/1bGBI32 
• Ernest Shackleton's Lessons for Leaders in Harsh Climates - HBR IdeaCast - Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/1dgAMEc  also: Famous Failures http://bit.ly/14RG6wZ 
• Merchants of Meth: How Big Pharma Keeps the Cooks in Business | Mother Jones http://bit.ly/12dhk6w 
• How America's 'Culture of Hustling' Is Dark and Empty - David Masciotra - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/16jvbch 
• Chasing Coincidences - Issue 4: The Unlikely - Nautilus http://bit.ly/16juos3 
• Solitary life | Aeon Magazize | http://www.aeonmagazine.com/oceanic-feeling/john-burnside-thoreau-solitude/ …
• Perfection in coffee is not so necessary at all | http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/julian-baggini-coffee-artisans/ …
• The Killing Machines - Mark Bowden - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/126g9Gc 
• The American Scholar: Science, Right and Wrong - Sam Kean http://bit.ly/16660Kl 
• Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science - Issue 4: The Unlikely - Nautilus http://bit.ly/1d1D0XK 
• Classic Essays: Consider the lobster http://animalrightskorea.org/essays/david-foster-wallace-consider-the-lobster.html …
• Beauteous beasts http://rdd.me/cnkmzuzl  via @readability

Monday Links

• Jessa Gamble – Life without sleep http://bit.ly/1cY8Qon 
• 13 Dr. Seuss quotes to live by | USA TODAY College http://bit.ly/1cXPMqd 
• The rise of Promontory http://rdd.me/mzhgskka  via @readability
• Barclays: Detroit Chapter 9 Begins | The Big Picture http://bit.ly/13bUBuq 
• Excellent :Do we have an instinct for privacy? – Ian Leslie – Aeon http://bit.ly/14027Ds 
• Exercise and longevity: Worth all the sweat | The Economist http://bit.ly/13bOKVT 
• The Indosphere: Made outside India | The Economist http://bit.ly/15r1X7H 
• The Uncertainty Trope | The Big Picture http://bit.ly/13QzvQB 
• Behavioural economics: The utility of bad art | The Economist http://bit.ly/1cWNcAN 
• xkcd: Correlation http://bit.ly/13bNFxp
• Word Spy - fauxductivity http://bit.ly/13bNDFO 
• Seth's Blog: Choosing to be formidable http://bit.ly/13ZYbm2
• Karma . . . Wait, is that right? http://twitpic.com/d7juok 
• Why Are American Drinkers Turning Against Beer? - Business - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/1cWCryB

Saturday Links

Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford: In the key of genius http://bit.ly/1eAh9EX 
Fallen Princesses — DINA GOLDSTEIN http://bit.ly/15nRRnZ
The Blip http://rdd.me/yqois6tn  via @readability
Stop the Presses: A New Press Lord Appears http://rdd.me/sdlersn1  via @readability
Simplify Your Tech Life,Thoreau-Style http://rdd.me/khyuahxp  via @readability
Oprah Lied at Harvard http://rdd.me/cdlkelvn  via @readability
10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science - The Buffer Blog http://bit.ly/138O1Vs 
Every Second on the Internet http://bit.ly/1cTy47r
Me, myself and I — http://www.aeonmagazine.com  — Readability http://bit.ly/14aQLM4 
The Education of a Bomb Dog | Ideas & Innovations | Smithsonian Magazine http://bit.ly/13ONTsA
Nate Silver: Big data’s biggest figure - FT.com — www.ft.com — Readability http://bit.ly/15YvhpE
The Art of the Phony — www.nybooks.com — Readability http://bit.ly/1cUsgKU

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Monday Links

New Old Libya - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine http://bit.ly/16vW39G 
LinkedIn has changed the way businesses hunt talent - The Washington Post http://bit.ly/16vNxYy 
Tom Chatfield – Language and digital identity http://bit.ly/13Vycvd 
Can architecture improve our sex lives? – Richard J Williams – Aeon http://bit.ly/13BeAB1 
Why Sharks Don't Get Cavities - Megan Garber - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/1crLs41 
This Is Where You Go When You Just Can't Stop Looking at Pictures on Facebook - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic http://bit.ly/195frOB 
RT @WSJ: "The harder I work, the more I make. I like that." Meet South Korea's $4 million dollar teacher. http://flip.it/hXPSF 

My Week in North Korea http://rdd.me/wfx7brnh  via @readability