At least we can joke about them …

We had a Halloween costume contest at the office.

Here, one of them highlighted the unique "snowflake" fragility of his generation.

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:

• Realdoll Builds Artificially Intelligent Sex Robots with Programmable Personalities. (FoxNews)
• Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction? (Nautilus)
• How Natural is Numeracy? (Aeon)
• The Scientists Persuading Terrorists to Spill Their Secrets.(TheGuardian)
• The Demonization of Gluten. (Freakonomics)
• First Evidence that Online Dating is Changing the Nature of Society.(TechReview)
• KISS is Now Selling Air Guitar Strings. (Neatorama)
• A Guide to Getting Past Customs with Your Digital Privacy Intact.(Wired)
• Lessons from Warren Buffett, Bobby Fischer, and Other Outliers.(Tim)
• The One-Minute Workout Designed by Scientists Dr. Martin Gibala.(Tim)
• Smartphone Fertility App Approved as Contraception. (NewsWeek)
• 7 Social Media Trends for 2017. (LinkedIn)
• NASA Wants to Send a Life-detecting Lander to Europa. (CDN)
• An Interactive Guide to Donald Trump's Twitter Exclamations. Enjoy! (Quartz)
• Top Tech Trends For 2017 (Forbes)
• This Device Can Make Any Pair of Headphones Wireless. (Mashable)
• 5 Everyday Products and Services Ripe for AI Domination.(VentureBeat)
• Your Government Wants to Militarize Social Media to Influence Your Beliefs. (MotherBoard)
• 6 Ways to Nurture Empathy in Intimate Relationships.(PsychologyToday)
• No More Voicemail Prevents Callers from Leaving a Message.(LifeHacker)

Market-Related Links

• Ray Dalio: How Bridgewater Will Succeed without Me. (AI-CIO)
• Here's Everything You Need to Know about Jerome Powell, Trump's Likely Pick to Lead the Federal Reserve. (Insider)
• These are the Wall Street Jobs Being Replaced by Robots.(Bloomberg)
• AAPL Not Confirming Market's Higher Highs. (MCOscillator)
• Good, Not Average, Not Great. (Aleph Blog)
• Persistent Blessings of Luck: Capital and Deal Flows in Venture Investment. (QuantNews)
• Industrial Revolution Comparisons Aren't Comforting. (Bloomberg)
• Better Wisdom from Crowds. (MIT)
• Canada is Betting on a Universal Basic Income to Help Cities Gutted by Manufacturing Job Loss. (QZ)
• The next Economic Boom for Emerging Nations Will Come by Learning to Market Digital Trust. (Quartz)
• The CEOs of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan are Worth $261 Million More since the Election. (WashPo)
• Dow Sets Longest Record Streak since '87 as Investors See Little Risk to Rally. (Fox)
• When a Black Swan Isn't a Black Swan. (SeekingAlpha)
• The TED Spread Says that You Shouldn't Be Bullish the Global Economy. (SeekingAlpha)
• One of Wall Street's Top Equity Analysts Reveals His Biggest Fear for 2017. (BI)
• The Challenges for Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture. (AgFunder)
• White House May Change Calculation of US Trade Deficit, Boosting Trade War Odds. (ZeroHedge)
• Microsoft CEO Says Artificial Intelligence is the 'Ultimate Breakthrough'. (Mashable)
• Does DFW Need All of these New Apartments under Construction? (DallasNews)
• How the World's Fastest-Growing Economy Went Bust. (Bloomberg)

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

– Howard