Here's your weekly public service reminder … the trouble with trouble is that it often starts out as fun.

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:

• The Ultimate, 3500-Word, Plain English Guide to Blockchain.(TheNextWeb)
• This Robot Swarm Finishes Your Grocery Shopping in Minutes.(FastCoD)
• The End of the Social Era Can't Come Soon Enough. (VanityFair)
• Researchers Use CRISPR to Create the World's Tiniest Tape Recorder.(FastCompany)
• Budweiser Begins Space Experiments to Be First to Brew Beer on Mars. (DigitalTrends)
• Security Researcher Finds Classified U.S. Army Data Sitting Online with No Password. (TechCrunch)
• Will Mars Colonists Live in these Redwood Forest' Habitats? (NBC)
• This Mathematician Lost Five Years of Work And Reconstructed It All.(Wired)
• 12 Hidden Tips and Tricks Every IPhone X Owner Needs to Know. (Mashable)
• Neuroscientist Christof Koch on Free Will. (BrainPickings)
• Salesforce and Other Companies with High Worker Satisfaction Share How They Make Work More Fun. (Inc)
• Pets are Good for Us But Not in the Ways We Think They Are. (NG)
• A Warrior's Mind, a Guardian's Heart: Character Traits and Mental Disciplines for Executive Protection Operators. (Worldview)
• 20 Apple Watch Tips to Help You Work and Play Better.(Entrepreneur)
• Physics Has Demoted Mass. (Nautilus)
• This 5-Minute Rule is Proven to Make Your Meetings More Productive.(Inc)
• The Startup behind Chewable Coffee is Launching a Performance-enhancing 'Superhuman Fuel' We Gave It a Try. (BusinessInsider)
• Addicted to Failure: Three Billionaires on How to Win the Game of Life. (IAW)
• Here's the Key to Great Conversation in 1 Sentence. (Inc)
• A New Layer of Blockchain Tech is Emerging: Inter-chain Mediators. (VentureBeat)

Market-Related Links

• Bitcoin is Skyrocketing Because 2 of the Biggest Exchange Groups in the World are Launching Bitcoin Futures Here's What that Means.(BusinessInsider)
• The Quest for Investing Excellence and the Lesson of Dow 20K.(ValueWalk)
• The History of Growth Should Be All about Recessions. (Economist)
• Figures on Government Spending and Debt. (AP News)
• How Russia's High-tech Start-ups are Looking beyond Oil. (BBC)
• Wall Street Week Ahead: 'Stealth Hedging' Shows Investors Not So Complacent. (Reuters India)
• David Harding Doesn't See High Future CTA Fund Returns.(Bloomberg)
• American Airlines President Takes the Long View. (AP News)
• Map: Visualizing Every Ship at Sea in Real. (VisualCapitalist)
• Why More Philanthropists are Giving before They Die. (The Atlantic)
• If No One Owns the Moon, Can Anyone Make Money up There? (NYT)
• Revitalizing a Dead Mall (Don't Expect Shoppers). (New York Times)
• Forbes 400 2016. (Forbes)
• Do Trend-following Managed Futures Increase Safe Withdrawal Rates? (AlphaArchitect)
• James Grant a Different Investment World. (ValueWalk)
• The Good the Bad the Trending: Microblogging Sentiment and Short Term Momentum. (QuantNews)
• Here's What Can Drive the Economy Higher. (Wall Street Journal)
• Chinese Province Admits It Fabricated Economic Data for Three Years. (ZeroHedge)
• Our Big Mac Index of Global Currencies Reflects the Dollar's Strength. (Economist)
• The Stock Market Listens to No One Not Even Hedge Fund Managers or Media Personalities. (StockTwits)

Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

– Howard