The Big Picture

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• The global long-term interest rate, financial risks and policy choices in EMEs
• Digital Sleight of Hand
• Socialism, Capitalism and Bitcoin
• XMSR Stand Up with Pete! Interview
• 10 Weekend Reads
• Death of the Universe

The global long-term interest rate, financial risks and policy choices in EMEs Posted: 09 Feb 2014 02:00 AM PST

Digital Sleight of Hand Posted: 08 Feb 2014 05:00 PM PST Hat tip boingboing See also YouTube

Socialism, Capitalism and Bitcoin Posted: 08 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST Source: Climateer Investing

XMSR Stand Up with Pete! Interview Posted: 08 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST     click to play audio Source: Stand Up!     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

10 Weekend Reads Posted: 08 Feb 2014 04:30 AM PST Good Saturday morning. Pour yourself a strong cup of Joe, settle down into your favorite chair, and enjoy these longer form weekend reads: • Secrets of the Brain (National Geographic) • Forget GMO, Monsanto Is Going Organic in a Quest for the Perfect Veggie (Wired) • ’It Was Just the Dumbest Luck’ — Facebook’s First Employees Look Back (Mashable) • How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time (Nautilus) • Confessions of a TSA Agent: Dear America, I Saw You Naked (Politico) • Silicon Valley: It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (TechCrunch) see also Too Many Sorry Excuses for Apology (DealBook) • How Jenna Lyons Transformed J.Crew Into A Cult Brand (FastCo) • In Conversation: Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels (Vulture) • Our Interview With Jeopardy! Champion Arthur Chu (Mental Floss) see also Jeopardy’s New Game-Theory Devotee Is One to Keep an Eye On (The Wire) • The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast (Daily Beast) What else do you have planned for the weekend?   Speed Traders Get an Edge, Paying For Direct Access to News Source: WSJ

Death of the Universe Posted: 08 Feb 2014 03:00 AM PST Everybody dies. The universe too? Well, probably. What are the current theories about the end of everything? And how creepy exactly are these theories? (Spoiler: very creepy). But there might be hope…

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