Interesting & Fun
- World’s largest rooftop greenhouse just opened (Business Insider)
- Crossfits simple and lucrative business model (Quartz)
- The rise of open curriculum (Medium)
- Boy asks mailman for junk mail to read – gets big surprise (Huffpo)
- The next wave with John Markoff (The Edge)
- The Genesis Engine – we can now easily edit DNA (Wired)
- “Using the three-year-old technique, researchers have already reversed mutations that cause blindness, stopped cancer cells from multiplying, and made cells impervious to the virus that causes AIDS. Agronomists have rendered wheat invulnerable to killer fungi like powdery mildew, hinting at engineered staple crops that can feed a population of 9 billion”
- How an Unlikely Hollywood Juggernaut Came to Rule Netflix (Wired)
- A look inside a Vine star (TechInsider)
- Make a grand in a day – or how to start a business with no excuses (AppSumo)
- Meet the world’s youngest Rum Master (Fast Company)
A little Alan Watts never hurts
Personal Improvement
- Walk in nature – it’s good for you (NYT)
- Good decision making is hard (Farnam St)
- The man who showed Cristiano Ronaldo how to sleep (The Guardian)
- Learn about P2P loans in delinquency. Good to know. (Financial Samurai)
- Perfection is the enemy (Frugalwoods)
- A dozen things Charlie Munger said about reading (25iq)
- The rich are just as miserable as the rest of us (The Week)
- How to land a job giving by giving away ideas (Medium)
Finance
- When the Flood Comes (Reformed Broker)
- 3 Months of Early Retirement (Living a FI)
- I retired at 30 and the best part is… (MMM via Vox)
- Under the Radar Investment Books (Investor Field Guide)
- Save 75% of your after-tax income (College Investor)
- What happens when a P2P borrower stops paying (Financial Samurai)
- Rent vs. Buy – If you have to ask – Rent (MMM)
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs & The Portfolio Investment Pyramid (My Money Blog)
- The early retirement checklist & What’s your Lifetime Wealth Ratio (Retire Before 40)
- How to avoid getting burned with oil stocks (The Conservative Investor)
- Hint: Don’t sell when prices are cheap dummies.
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