Thursday, June 21, 2018

Links

[If anyone happens to have a copy Peter Bernstein's article "Where, Oh Where Are the .400 Hitters of Yesteryear?" I'd love to have a copy, and can't seem to find one in the public domain. Thanks.]

How Amazon Became One of Washington's Most Powerful Players ($) (LINK)

Tails, You Win - by Morgan Housel (LINK)

Jeremy Grantham interview from the Morningstar Investment Conference (video) [H/T ValueWalk] (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, Video 4)

Paul Tudor Jones: Investing in a More “JUST” World (video) (LINK)

How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed | Reed Hastings (TED video) (LINK)

Boyar Value Group's Orphaned Equity Strategy Presentation: 5 High Conviction Stock Ideas [free registration required] (LINK)

Pedophrasty, Bigoteering, and Other Modern Scams - by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (LINK)

Annie Duke: "Thinking in Bets" | Talks at Google (LINK)

Revisionist History Podcast: The Hug Heard Round the World (LINK)

American Innovations Podcast: Nuclear Energy | Bombs Come First | 2 (LINK)

An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS - by William Langewiesche (LINK)

A Landmark Study on the Origins of Alcoholism - by Ed Yong (LINK)

New Gibbon Species Discovered In a 2,200-Year-Old Royal Chinese Tomb - by Ed Yong (LINK)

Koko the Gorilla Dead at 46, Her Legacy Lives On (LINK)

Book of the day: Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin - by Stephen Jay Gould