It's time for some weekend reading and this Saturday list contains articles on counter-terrorism, Peter L. Bernstein interviewed by Jason Zweig, and an unconventional analysis of political power from The Atlantic.  It's the first of a four-day holiday for those of you with nice employers.  For the rest, enjoy your second half tomorrow.  We are nation of immigrants and there are many very fine immigrant-themed films on cable all weekend.  I also love the 4th of July for all the classic Revolutionary War films of which there will be several on Tuesday.  We all need this annual reminder that the signers of the Declaration held no illusion about winning.  They knew they were going up against the most powerful military in world history and would almost certainly lose, and thus fully expected to be hanged when it was all over.  They did it anyway.  That's courage!


10 Weekend Reads - The Big Picture

10 Weekend Reads

July 1, 2017 7:30am by Barry Ritholtz

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Kicking Horse Grizzly Claw Dark Roast Coffee coffee, grab a seat on the beach blanket, and get ready for our longer form weekend reads:

• Counter-terrorism was never meant to be Silicon Valley’s job. Is that why it’s failing? (The Guardian)
• A (Long) Chat with Peter L. Bernstein (Jason Zweig)
• Conspicuous consumption is over. It’s all about intangibles now (Aeon)
• Rigged. Forced into debt. Worked past exhaustion. Left with nothing. (USA Today)
• The slow death of the electric guitar (Washington Post)
• Trump, Russia and a Shadowy Business Partnership (Bloomberg View)
• China’s All-Seeing Surveillance State Is Reading Its Citizens’ Faces (Wall Street Journal)
• Are You a Self-Interrupter? (Nautilus)
• Power Causes Brain Damage: Over time, leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise. (The Atlantic)
• How Stephen Miller Rode White Rage from Duke’s Campus to Trump’s West Wing (Vanity Fair)

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend with Chris Anderson, former editor-in-chief of Wired, founder of 3D Robotics, and author of the Long Tail.