This is the best piece for all those people who have zero or very small (not seen one full bull & bear cycle) encounter with stock market and are thinking of making a career as Stock Market Trader (Not investor). I have meet tonnes of people from various backgrounds like – fresh or existing MBA students, doctors, teachers, even few fundamental analysts – who want become trader. Most of these guys have either heard some stories about how a guy with Rs100 in his pocket become rich or heard how Mr. George Soros broke Bank of England and in process made few billion dollars – What you’re not hearing about George Soros today – Link here
Everybody is jazzed up about self driving car, however there is an interesting point which many of us seemed to have missed it. In ethic parlance its called Trolley/Train Problem – problem goes something like this – A train is hurtling towards five unsuspecting people. Do you pull a switch to divert the train onto another track, where only one man is sitting? Or do you do nothing? There are few variation of this problem and trust me it becomes very interesting and gives you very interesting insight into how human mind works, what we consider ethical, how we justify or rationalize our decision. Now going back to basic trolley/train problem introduce self driving car to this equation and you have a problem. Read up here to get more idea – Self-Driving Cars Will Teach Themselves to Save Lives—But Also Take Them – Link here
WHY DO WE WORK SO HARD? – Ryan Avent reckons that our jobs have become prisons from which we don’t want to escape – Link here
Here’s why robots may someday be doing surgery independently – Link here
A group from Silicon Valley has a serious plan for creating a totally new US stock exchange – Link here
The FDA approved a weight-loss device that sucks food out of your stomach – Link here
Starbucks has more customer money on cards than many banks have in deposits – Link here
Nude pics as IOU: a new, risky online loan among Chinese university students – Link here
The Financial Price of Forgetting Bad Times – As we age, we tend to focus on positive memories and that can hurt us financially – Link here
The price of LEDs is falling so fast it’s profitable to farm in a New Jersey nightclub – Link here
Ego is the Enemy: The Legend of Genghis Khan – Link here
Ships Have Gotten Too Big – Link here
The End of the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance (Such as It Was) – Link here
Tesla Knows When a Crash Is Your Fault, and Other Carmakers Soon Will, Too – Link here
Make The Neanderthals Great Again! – Link here
Explaining Investing In Ways That Make Sense – Link here
Weekend Relax – HBO’s Silicon Valley makes for good fun watch. If you follow tech, Silicon Valley and are little bit familiar with Silicon Valley culture you would be hooked on it in no time. If you are not than you would be more inquisitive to know more. Here is article that gives you idea of which real life persona has inspired characters – Link here