Sometimes all it takes is someone reminding you it's time to take action.

Here is a peek at what I've been reading lately.

Hope you find some interesting and enjoyable tidbits.

Let me know if you read something I'd like … Or if there are other sources I should add to my weekly reading.

Thanks.

Lighter Links:

Chemical Controllers: How Hormones Influence Your Body and Mind.(NewScientist)

Are Electrons Conscious? (OUP)

Goldfish Go Months Without Oxygen by Making Alcohol Inside Cells.(NewScientist)

The Music Industry Uses Your Social Data to Predict It's Next Big Artists.(TheNextWeb)

AI and CGI Will Transform Information Warfare, Boost Hoaxes, and Escalate Revenge Porn. (BusinessInsider)

Bill Gates Becomes Instagram's Newest Member. (TheNextWeb)

Defending Indiana Jones, Archaeologist. (Tor)

Someone Flipped Trump's Hair with Kim Jong Un's, and It's Absolutely Unnerving. (HP)

5 Incredible Bali Photo Spots You Didn't Know Existed. (Huffington Post)

The Lifting Technique that Flattens Your Belly. (Menshealth)

Why HPE is Sending a Supercomputer to the ISS on SpaceX's next Rocket.(TechCrunch)

Detect Plagiarism with the Help of this Friendly AI Bot. (LifeHacker)

Infected DNA Successfully Hacks Computer in Terrifying Experiment.(DailyDot)

How to Reshape Your Brain and Learn Anything, Based on the Most Popular Coursera Class Ever. (Inc)

US ISPs Could Soon Monitor Your Secret' Porn Viewing Habits.(TheNextWeb)

Fighting Colony Collapse Disorder: How Beekeepers Make More Bees. (C-Economist)

Romance Novels, Generated by Artificial Intelligence. (Medium)

Scientists Create World's First Mutant Ants with Gene Editing Technology. (Fox)

To Lose Weight, You Need to Understand the Psychology of Why You Crave the Wrong Things. (Quartz)

How AI Will Change the Way We Make Decisions. (HBR)

Market-Related Links

As VIX Explodes, a Painful Warning: the Vega of VIX ETFs Has Never Been Higher. (ZeroHedge)

Fund Managers Deny AI Threatens Jobs. (FT)

Rovio, the Maker of Angry Birds, is Reportedly Planning an IPO.(TechCrunch)

Why Bitcoin's Record-Setting Run Could Bode Well for the Stock Market.(Cryptocoinsnews)

Here's Why We Stopped Using $1,000 Bills. (BusinessInsider)

Snap Stock Hits Lowest Level since IPO after Paltry Earnings. (AP News)

Should You Invest Actively or Passively in Bonds? (MoneySense)

Elon Musk is Right. Driverless Cars Will Arrive by 2021. (TheNextWeb)

Road Map to Infrastructure Investment: Paving the Way to Government-Inspired Profits. (LinkedIn)

Fidelity, the $2.3 Trillion Investment Giant, is Testing out a New Cryptocurrency Service. (BusinessInsider)

"Mystery" Central Bank Buyer Revealed: SNB Now Owns a Record $84 Billion in US Stocks. (ZeroHedge)

Here's What Goldman is Telling Big Money Clients about Bitcoin.(Bloomberg)

The Amazon Effect: Retail Bankruptcies Surge 110% in First Half of the Year. (ZeroHedge)

Cheats! OPEC Pumps More despite Plan to Curb Supply. (CNN)

Israel, the Land of Milk and Honey _ and Now Whiskey? (AP News)

Applebee's is Closing up to 135 Locations across the US after Ditching Its 'Middle America Roots' to Win over Millennials. (BusinessInsider)

"We Need More Suckers at the Table" – Quant Funds Stumble as Dumb-Money Disappears. (ZeroHedge)

For Electric Cars to Take Off, They'll Need Place to Charge. (AP News)

Pentagon Study Declares American Empire is Collapsing'. (Medium)

How Two Brothers Turned Seven Lines of Code into a $9.2 Billion Startup.(Bloomberg)

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

– Howard