Weekend readings - 8 Oct, 2021 : Edition 62
Weekend readings - 8 Oct, 2021 : Edition 62
A compilation of few interesting, multi-disciplinary links from the internet
“Until the beginning of 1928, even a man of conservative mind could believe that the prices of common stock were catching up with the increase in corporation earnings, the prospect for further increases, the peace and tranquility of the times, and the certainty that the Administration then firmly in power in Washington would take no more than necessary of any earnings in taxes. Early in 1928, the nature of the boom changed. The mass escape into make-believe, so much a part of the true speculative orgy, started in earnest. It was still necessary to reassure those who required some tie, however tenuous, to reality. And, as will be seen presently, this process of reassurance—of inventing the industrial equivalents of the Florida climate—eventually achieved the status of a profession. However, the time had come, as in all periods of speculation, when men sought not to be persuaded of the reality of things but to find excuses for escaping into the new world of fantasy.” —John Kenneth Galbraith (“The Great Crash 1929”)
Section 1 - Investing & Personal Finance
Nature Shows How This All Works - by Morgan Housel
Section 2 - Economic Trends & Themes
How internet transforms the individual into a conspiracy one
Section 3 - Personality study & Development
Why people go mad in herds? by Vivek Kaul
Section 4 - Business History & management
Section 5 - Sports & Entertainment
Netflix browsing for 90 seconds
A girl and a bird in Afghanistan
Hook up culture - Moira Rajpal
Squid Game which no one wanted for 10yrs
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