The TAMIM team is always diligently researching, reading and scouring the internet for information and ideas that will shape our investing future. We have decided to compile our list of favourite reads together here each week for your convenience and hopefully education – enjoy the reads and various views.
Google Chrome privacy: Can you trust the Incognito window? (Tech Talks)
President Trump loves conspiracy theories. Has he ever been right? (Washington Post)
For Love and Money in Mozambique: How a Credit Suisse Banker Helped Fuel an Alleged $2 Billion Debt Fraud (WSJ)
Boomers Are Not Okay: Older voters warp their countries’ policies because of their political power. One British politician has a plan to end that dominance. (The Atlantic)
Cryptocurrency Will Not Die: You thought you successfully avoided ever having to learn how crypto was going to take over your life? Well, too bad: It’s back and maybe stronger than ever. (GQ)
Is positive psychology all it’s cracked up to be? This field has captivated with its hopeful promises — and drawn critics for its moralizing, mysticism, and commercialization. (Vox)
Built by robots: This Swiss company could change the construction industry forever (World Economic Forum)
Most people are bad at arguing. These 2 techniques will make you better. (Vox)
The Dark Psychology of Social Networks (The Atlantic)
Happy investing,
The TAMIM team is always diligently researching, reading and scouring the internet for information and ideas that will shape our investing future. We have decided to compile our list of favourite reads together here each week for your convenience and hopefully education – enjoy the reads and various views.
Meet the Leftish Economist With a New Story About Capitalism: Mariana Mazzucato wants liberals to talk less about the redistribution of wealth and more about its creation. (NYT)
Behind the Smiles: Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed (Reveal)
A Realistic 3D-Printed Steak Is Fake Meat’s Holy Grail (Businessweek)
Electric Cars Racing at 170 MPH Are Test Labs for SUVs (Bloomberg)
This Is How the U.S. Military’s Massive Facial Recognition System Works (Medium)
The prophet of Silicon Valley: Andrew Yang says he’ll take on Big Tech. But his platform is keyed for a future where they’re in charge. (Mother Jones)
Why boomers, not millennials, are fueling the urban apartment surge. (Curbed)
Here’s why Europe has mostly ditched wealth taxes over the last 25 years — even as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders seek them for the US (Business Insider)
The flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the globe. Does it hide a darker core? (CNN)
How Alternative Data Is Giving Funds Greater Insight (CIO)
Happy investing,
The TAMIM team is always diligently researching, reading and scouring the internet for information and ideas that will shape our investing future. We have decided to compile our list of favourite reads together here each week for your convenience and hopefully education – enjoy the reads and various views.
A Blunt Assessment: Marijuana Has Smoked a Lot of Investors (CIO)
A New Wealth Gap is Growing—Attention Inequality (Worth)
We Need to Fix Online Advertising. All of It. For the sake of democracy. (Slate)
How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong: Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we’re facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios. (New York Times)
America’s public-sector pension schemes are trillions of dollars short (The Economist)
Why millennials never want to leave their apartment anymore (Quartz)
Welcome to Molar City, Mexico, The Dental Mecca America’s Health Care Costs Built (Huffington Post)
Who shrank the drug factory? Briefcase-sized labs could transform medicine. Engineers are miniaturizing pharmaceutical production in the hope of making it portable and inexpensive. (Nature)
Common Plots of Economic History: Squandering a competitive advantage is a common plot after all. (Collaborative Fund)
Happy investing,
The TAMIM team is always diligently researching, reading and scouring the internet for information and ideas that will shape our investing future. We have decided to compile our list of favourite reads together here each week for your convenience and hopefully education – enjoy the reads and various views.
Millennials on the Cusp of Middle Age Missed Their Boom (Bloomberg)
On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Not Rich. Except This Account. (NYT)
What the hell is “Uitwaaien”? The Simple Dutch Cure for Stress (Nautilus)
Buddhism scholars: Meditation apps are fueling tech addiction, not easing stress (Fast Company)
Uber’s CEO Wants the Company to Be Magical. The Market Just Wants Profits. (Barron’s)
Is Your Employer Stealing From You? Millions of workers lose billions in stolen wages every year—nearly as much as all other property theft. (GQ)
The TAMIM team is always diligently researching, reading and scouring the internet for information and ideas that will shape our investing future. We have decided to compile our list of favourite reads together here each week for your convenience and hopefully education – enjoy the reads and various views.
How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets (New York Times)
4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers’ Productivity By 40%, Microsoft Japan Says (NPR)
What Would Happen If the Internet Went Down … Forever? (Popular Mechanics)
Trump’s Re-Election Likely If Economy Stays on Course (Bloomberg)
Mistaken: Assuming that another person’s opinions are immune from criticism is not a marker of respect. It is, in fact, dehumanising (Aeon)
The Rescue Mission to Save Civilization From the Big Melt (Medium)
Climate change will soon expose a crippling problem embedded in the nation’s infrastructure. In fire-ravaged California, it already has. (The Atlantic)
I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb (Vice)
A one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms laid out in a honeycomb pattern — ultrathin carbon called graphene — is flexible and lighter than paper, yet 200 times stronger than steel. (Science Times)
Is regenerative agriculture the secret to reversing climate change? Big Food thinks so. (NBC News)
Happy investing,
