Wednesday Links

• "On Loneliness," http://bit.ly/17uSiDg 
• Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal - The Oatmeal http://bit.ly/10yr9qC 
• Wikipedia edits: Realtime http://bit.ly/15Lhgib 
• Retail Banking: Why do ATMs return cards so slowly? - Quora http://bit.ly/1295Jmp 
• Common Sense and Complexity http://bit.ly/12xMZxk 
• The Great Netflix Doom-Avoidance Machine - Justin Fox-Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/12xoDUm 
• How I Met My Daughter by Max Barry | Byliner http://bit.ly/10u41to  #Touching
• 50 Best Websites 2013| Full List | http://bit.ly/10usj6u 
• Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible? - http://bit.ly/13VmnIf 
• Why is Science Behind a Paywall? http://bit.ly/17m392q 
• Tesla: The electric car company is a little bit Apple, a little bit Google, and about to be huge. - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/125ZhMT 
• Craft Brewers Chug Away Heady Pressure by Bankers to Sell - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/125YHyz 
• 2012 Quality of Living survey http://bit.ly/13UnJD1 

Airplane deliveries[graphic]

Via: Reuters

Monday Links

• RT @TIME: Why has the SAT test been canceled throughout South Korea? http://flip.it/RtrZU  (via @TIMEWorld)
• By giving rather than taking, we acknowledge that there is more to the good life than the pursuit of simple happiness http://flip.it/WyAMy 
• Dick Costolo at 2013 spring commencement http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=oqRPesTumlA&feature=player_embedded&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DoqRPesTumlA …
• How To Have A Longer Marriage Than Kim Kardashian.
• http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psysociety/2013/05/10/marriage-tips/ …
• Why the newsletter business doesn't die http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/why-email-newsletters-wont-
• Technology as a Driver of Growth (or Not)
• By EDUARDO PORTER http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/technology-as-a-driver-of-growth-or-
• A mother’s story: The moon to his sun http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/food-from-the-heart/2013/05/08/c646e596-b7ee-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_print.html …
• "The Paradox of the Proof." @CarolineYLChen, @ProjWordsworth on Shinichi Mochizuki and the ABC Conjecture http://lgrd.co/12rofGS  #longreads
• HAPPY MOTHER ’S DAY http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=54037 
• RT @NewYorker: MT @jiayangfan: Writing about my mother: http://flip.it/pQ2dF  #mothersday

FW: The Disapproval Matrix

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Weekend Links

• Johnny Cash’s ‘Things To Do Today!’ http://bit.ly/123iGOt 
• SETH KLARMAN INTERVIEW BY CHARLIE ROSE 2011 [Margin of Safety Story] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohtAnE8C4Ao …
• The Sordid Death of Hedge-Funder Seth Tobias -- New York Magazine http://flip.it/nzvCp 
• 94% of therapists reported seeing increase in online porn addiction. A new way to fight the effects: http://on.wsj.com/11qHiWz 
• 0.04% carbon dioxide and what do you get? Sixteen years of no global warming and deeper in debt. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/05/07/what-400-ppm-of-co2-in-the-atmosphere-looks-like/ …
• Return of the Borg: How Twitter Rebuilt Google's Secret Weapon | Wired Enterprise | http://Wired.com  http://flip.it/Bym6K 
• Robert Skidelsky vs. Niall Ferguson: John Maynard Keynes Is Not Ke$ha (the U.S. Is Not Greece, and 2013 Is Not 1923) http://flip.it/5atrA
• This Is Water, David Foster Wallace's timeless graduation speech on the meaning of life, adapted as a short film http://j.mp/ZX7Lb4 
• Netflix - profile http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/115772-netflix-reed-hastings-survive-missteps-to-join-silicon-valleys-elite …
• Goldman Sachs Flips Out Over Bloomberg Spying - Business Insider http://bit.ly/13Krtqw 
• I Know I'm Supposed To Follow My Passion. But What If I Don't Have A Passion? : Planet Money : NPR http://bit.ly/16m77aX 
• Google Glass Picks Up Early Signal - Keep Out http://bit.ly/16m6kH6 
• Google services survive if they make money, aren’t social | Ars Technica http://bit.ly/10wXgI4 
• For Buffett, the Past Isn't Always Prologue - http://bit.ly/15vTczK 
• Finance blogging is not for the faint of heart | Abnormal Returns http://bit.ly/15tpyeo 
• Final whistle http://bit.ly/15r9tWF 
• Mothers day : My Brother, My Mother, and a Call Girl | The Hairpin http://bit.ly/15r3Jfm Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Systrom on What Really Happened When Facebook Bought Instagram | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/10rIJ0t 

Trust Index[graphic]

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Tuesday Links

• The next generation of Instapaper – http://bit.ly/ZLLFZ5 
• "THE INTEL OPPORTUNITY" http://bit.ly/13ZgVUd 
• What Is Greek Yogurt? http://bit.ly/11cybIU 
• The Fine Art of Being Worng Wrong | The Big Picture http://bit.ly/11OyjJn 
• Crime and Privacy http://bit.ly/11bP3zl 
• A Focus on Distraction - http://bit.ly/11NGplH 
• So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee : The Salt : NPR http://bit.ly/11ba8de 
• Gaylor Leaves Morgan Stanley for Twitter - MoneyBeat-WSJ http://bit.ly/ZL14J5 
• Citi: Disruptive Innovation - Business Insider http://bit.ly/ZKZ4AF 
• Why I Froze My Eggs (And You Should, Too) - http://bit.ly/11MQCyO 
• Dilbert for 5/4/2013 Charisma http://bit.ly/11MOBCI 
• Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors | http://bit.ly/13Xpajs 
• A Day In The Life Of An Options Trader - Business Insider http://bit.ly/118x5Ol 
• If You Knew Sushi | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/118kpqF 
• The Wifely Duty - Caitlin Flanagan-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/118j8zO 
• APP EXCLUSIVE: The Guiltless Pleasure — Gourmet Live http://bit.ly/118fSEL 
• Photoshop this: Google Glass throughout history | The Verge Forums http://bit.ly/ZJqoPT 

India's retail sector[graphic]

 

FW: The Best Places to Fly This Summer

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Weekend Long form reads

• Against foodies: Alison Pearlman’s Smart Casual reviewed. - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/ZHXH5C
• In Search of the Next Big Thing - Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/10ajm7M 
• Is Hedge-Fund Titan Steve Cohen Going Down? | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/10ahtI9 
• The Real Me #online dating - The Morning News http://bit.ly/10afW53
• Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine - http://bit.ly/10aeyiV 
• Harvard and world astronomers building Giant Magellan Telescope | Harvard Magazine May-Jun 2013 http://bit.ly/10z6PoI 
• Rare Interview with Charlie Munger ~ market folly http://bit.ly/ZHNqqd 
• Artangel | The Artangel Longplayer Letters: 1 http://bit.ly/109vjuv 
• Former M&A banker: 'A lot of them just need a hug' | Joris Luyendijk|Comment is free http://bit.ly/13UzNna 
• Robert Diamond’s Next Life - http://bit.ly/ZHrJ9C 
  And some not so long form reads:
• Motivated Reasoning http://bit.ly/113eIKx 
• Deciphering the 10-K | The Financialist http://bit.ly/ZsUKCx 
• Study: Ordering groceries online is greener than driving to the store http://bit.ly/ZsRrLJ 
• The Cold Truth About Emotional Investing - http://bit.ly/112OVlN 
• "McDonald’s Theory" http://bit.ly/13MUFwy 
• How To Be Gracious - Graciousness Meaning-Esquire http://bit.ly/10sZM0E 
• Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times - May. 1, 2013 http://bit.ly/10VN0PM 
• Venture Capitalists Are Making Bigger Bets on Food Start-Ups - http://bit.ly/10VBC6s