The Monday Read

Damn it’s rainy edition

More climate change, no doubt. Tell me about the rains on your homeworld, Usul.

I’m writing some books at the moment (non-finance related) so this Monday Read is a bit… bare bones. My apologies!

The forum

Forum is looking good again this week!

This week’s links

1. Interesting little story about prisoners and their hobby in New Zealand: The yoghurt mafia
2. Wonder when I will fly on an electric plane for the first time? 10 years? 20? Why electric planes are inevitably coming
3. Spiders eat snakes now. Of course they do. Spiders are eating snakes all over the world
4. Great interview with Craig Mod, the guy that walks and writes. I’m a big fan: The [Tuesday] Media Diet with Craig Mod
5. Food for thought for parents (and teachers): The most precious resource is agency
6. Money has value when you use it, as my students often tell me: How to trade money and time
7. In a similar vein, this is really thought-provoking: Things you are allowed to do
8. Interesting but long and detailed look at intangible assets when investing: One job
9. A wonderful fable, from the same author as #5: What the mouse knows
10. I will have to try giving up coffee at some point. But not today: The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?
11. Incredibly, LinkedIn seems to have made something good: a free course from Seth Godin. Creativity at work
12. Great Reddit thread on when you might want to declare taxable income from investing.
13. Already thinking about this: World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’
14. Very solid execution: How I Manage My Money: An IT consultant, 64, aiming for an income of at least £30k a year in retirement
15. Demand. What’s Driving the Stock, Bond & Housing Markets Right Now?
16. The Tokyo election: An election with no winners
17. The story of Sriracha
18. 30% a year for 35 years? Buffett man Ted Weschler’s amazing returns

Pretty good stuff this week, if I do say so myself! What do you think? Anything good in there? I enjoyed #9, #10, and #11.