I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of clowns.

Despite that fear, or probably because of it, IT(2017) became the highest-grossing horror film of all time.

Here is a peek at what I've been reading lately. These are the links I saved this week.

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:

• Future-Casting: How Will Machine Intelligence Develop? (ITProPortal)
• Inside Al Qaeda: Living and Working with Terrorists. (CBS News)
• 16 Years Ago Today, Apple Unveiled the Original IPod. (MacRumors)
• Delta to Equip More Than 30,000 Flight Crew Members with IPads and IPhones. (MacRumors)
• Russia's Turbulent Century of Revolutions, from Lenin to Putin. (NewStatesman)
• Why Mata Hari Wasn't a Cunning Spy after All. (NationalGeographic)
• How to Access Mac's Hidden Photo-editing App. (DailyDot)
• What Makes a Good Data Visualization? (InformationIsBeautiful)
• Countdown Tracks How Long until the Events You're Looking Forward To. (LifeHacker)
• You're a Completely Different Person at 14 and 77 Years Old, Personality Study Suggests. (ScienceAlert)
• Why Every Entrepreneur Should Watch Netflix's Documentary Series 'Abstract'. (Inc)
• Donald Trump and the Psychology of Blame. (CNN)
• Criminals Beware! Google's AI Can Now Identify Faces from Heavily Pixellated Images. (Wired)
• Psychology Principles & Laws to Influence People with Your Designs.(IAW)
• Outsource Your Boring Back Office Paperwork to AI. (VentureBeat)
• Kellyanne Conway's Interview Tricks, Explained. (YouTube)
• Messy: the Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives.(KevinEikenberry)
• The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine. (Medium)
• 17 Free Websites to Upgrade the Quality of Your Life Today.(PickTheBrain)
• You Can Never Create the Future by Targeting the Present.(DigitalTonto)

Market-Related Links

• Intel: AI as Big as the Invention of the Wheel and Discovery of Fire.(AIA)
• Where the IPhone X is Cheapest and Most Expensive in Dollars, Pounds, and Yuan. (Quartz)
• Everything We Think We Know about Chinese Finances is Wrong.(BaldingsWorld)
• Academic Research Insight: Stick to the Fundamentals and Discover Your Industry Peers. (AlphaArchitect)
• The S&P Just Broke a Remarkable Streak that Could Signal the Late Innings for this Bull Market. (CNBC)
• Kostin: We are Approaching the Point of Maximum Optimism.(ValueWalk)
• The Supreme Court is Allergic to Math. (FiveThirtyEight)
• American Airlines CEO: We'll Never Lose Money Again. (USAToday)
• One of the World's Largest Hedge Funds is Now Letting Computers Trade Completely on Their Own. (CNBC)
• Hedge Fund Citadel Joins Industry's Standard-setting Body. (Reuters)
• New Map Reveals the World's Most Toxic Countries. (Inhabitat)
• Will Immigration Reform Stifle Recruitment of Foreign Talent?(NYPost)
• Among Tech's Big Players, Here's Who is Leading AI Research.(Observer)
• Mars Needs Lawyers. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Infrastructure Maven Cressida Hogg Sees Opportunity around the Globe. (Barrons)
• These Maps Put a Spotlight on the Cultural Divide in the U.S.(VisualNews)
• How Today's Visa Restrictions Might Impact Tomorrow's America.(Washington Post)
• Banks Need to Be Centralized Could Blockchain Be the Answer? (FinanceMagnates)
• Retired Green Beret Exposes How Secretive Non-Profit Organizations Erode the United States. (ZeroHedge)
• FOMC Minutes: "Might Be Appropriate to Raise the Federal Funds Rate Again Fairly Soon". (CalculatedRisk)

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

– Howard