The Monday Read

Goodbye sakura

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My classes at university start tomorrow, so life is going to be more regimented again. How are you doing?

This week’s links:

Invest in yourself now save money later. Health trumps wealth.
Somewhat contrarian millionaire interview.
Say goodbye to the information age it’s all about reputation now. When there is too much information how do we decide what to pay attention to?
Here’s a counterintuitive idea for your retirement. Pretty close to my thinking on withdrawal strategies.
We can do better than meeting spec. Google AI now has perfect speech.
Plane-owning millionaire interview.
Inflation is a bigger risk to stocks than rising rates.
Yeah I said it. Adding fancy investments to your portfolio seldom ends well.
Do you trust this computer? Fascinating and terrifying documentary on AI. Really worth a watch.
Are you ready for the next stock market crash? I think I am, but won’t know for sure until after it happens.
Moving for good. Changing your environment keeps you learning.
On the one hand. A great list of opposing things that are true.
Price discovery in Bitcoin. Where does the price of Bitcoin come from?
Carrots and sticks. Saving and investing gives you options. Options give you freedom. Freedom gives you happiness.

Anything you enjoyed in there? 

6 Responses

  1. The article on reputation is good. (Because it used the word “reputation,” I was expecting something different.) It makes very valuable points regarding what we consider to be trustworthy information. The inability to know everything there is about complex issues, such as with the vaccination-autism connection noted in the article, means we should all be a bit circumspect about what we “know,” and be willing to listen to others who may have contrary opinions that are based on valid information.

  2. The video “Do you trust this computer?” is similar in parts to the long Bain analysis a couple few weeks ago–automation/AI is going put a lot of people out of work (that may not realize it now).
    http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/labor-2030-the-collision-of-demographics-automation-and-inequality.aspx
    The video was better in showing the example of a doc that had been doing 150 hysterectomies a year, who was now doing one, and that he may have forgotten how to open people up. And after hearing the video say that data entry jobs would likely disappear, I googled that and the results showed appeals to take it up as a new career (little training and no college required.
    But I think the Bain analysis was better overall, perhaps because it was muchlonger and could go into more depth (or maybe it’s my preference for text/graphics over video).

    1. Thanks for the information! I would have liked to have gone, but I can’t get out of work.
      Maybe next time.

  4. Thank you for the feature. I’d love to take credit, but the excellent post that appears at the top of the list was actually a guest post from the White Coat Trainer.
    Either way, happy to see the post among some other great authors.
    Cheers!
    -PoF