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Entrepreneurial Careers & The Future of Work
Stanford Business School – Future Proof Yourself in the Reinvention Revolution
Paul Graham – How to do great work
Stanford Business School – Build Impactful Expert Networks
Macroeconomics & Innovation History
The Fed – Distressed Firms and the Large Effects of Monetary Policy Tightenings
Bloomberg – China Has $3T ‘Hidden’ Currency Reserves
AP – The S&P500 is in a Bull Market. Here’s What that Means and How Long the Bull Might Run
Morgan Stanley – Bracing for a U.S. Earnings Recession
Business Insider – Wall Street Can’t Agree on Where Stocks Are Headed in the 2nd Half of this Year
Alternative Investments
Clarify Capital – GPT-4 Outperforms Humans in Pitchdeck Creation
JSTOR – Can VCs Time the Market?
Global Real Estate, Hospitality & Travel
FlyingMagazine – Flying Car Manufacturer, Aska Nabs Milestone FAA Airworthiness Approval
Business Insider – It’s a Cruel Summer for AirBnB and Vrbo Hosts as Listings Get Squeezed
Transformative Technologies
New Product – InflectionAI
Gizmodo – Meta Offers a Glimpse into the Black Box of AI Ranking
Aarthi & Sriram – Vitalik Buterin on Crypto’s Future
Vivek Goyal – AI Agents – Next Frontier to Access the Web
Alec Torelli – The Next Crypto Cycle
STEM: Expanding Your Horizons
Scientific American – Where’s Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Him Without Revealing Where He Is
World Science Festival – The Golden Age of Space Exploration
Space.com – SpaceX Launches Rocket to Map the ‘Dark Universe’
Discover – If We Can’t Send People Back in Time, Can We Send Information?
Art, Culture & Entertainment
The Living Philosopher – Camino de Santiago: Why I Hiked and What I Learned
On LIFE: Spirituality, Philosophy & Parenting
Warren Buffet – How We Gauge Someone’s Reputation
Philosophize This – What if Free Will is an Illusion?
Chief Executive – The Strategic Value of Kindness
Bronnie Ware – The Regrets of the Dying