Weekly Readings - Dec 16, 2018

Must Read

Understanding RBI
https://finception.in/markets/in-defence-of-the-rbi/

The 100 Great Innovations of 2018
https://www.popsci.com/best-of-whats-new-2018

Investing 

Surviving The Investing Game

https://www.safalniveshak.com/presentation-surviving-investing-game/

Choice of Financial Writings of 2018

https://ofdollarsanddata.com/my-favorite-investment-writing-of-2018/

Ethics: Buybacks & The New Kind of Frauds

https://www.albertbridgecapital.com/drew-views/2018/12/10/share-buybacks-bad-companies-and-bear-markets

3 Things To Learn From Market Speculator Victor Niederhoffer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettsteenbarger/2018/12/09/three-things-i-have-learned-from-victor-niederhoffer/

SIP

https://themfguy.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/seasons-market-cycles-and-your-sip-tenure/

Relearning from Buffett
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/781363/relearning-lessons-from-buffetts-best-essay-

Learning From Other Peoples Experience
www.stockandladder.com/my-key-notes-from-2nd-value-investing-pioneers-summit/

Dollar Liquidity and Equity Markets
http://worldoutofwhack.com/2018/12/13/equity-market-needs-liquidity/

Business

The Beauty Business of Korea

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/business/the-cult-of-k

Patu Keswani, Founder, Lemon Tree Hotels
https://www.outlookbusiness.com/specials/dont-feel-ashamed-or-embarrassed-in-admitting-that-you-know-nothing-4783

Economics

The leg of economic cycle
https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2018/12/06/russell-napier-equity-markets-and-structural-change/

Sweden Economics: High-tax, high-spend, and successful start-ups 

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/sweden-startups/541413/

Four Quadrants Framework for Market Cycle
http://worldoutofwhack.com/2018/12/10/charts-that-matter-13/

Offbeat

Life Of A Former Mossad Agent

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2177775/life-and-times-former-mossad-agent-and-what-he

Opinion: Pakistan and Its Headache

https://www.dawn.com/news/1446103/dont-surrender-to-mob-rule

Andaman: Where India Watches China

http://www.atimes.com/article/where-india-quietly-watches-china-at-sea/

Dr Elon & Mr Musk

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/

Google's Game Learning AI

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/google-ai-deepminds-alphazero-games-chess-and-go-180970981/

Propaganda & Media Manipulation

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping

Sociology

Lack of Humanity: Bangladeshi Hindus

https://swarajyamag.com/magazine/bangladeshi-hindus-living-on-the-run

Lack of Humanity: Uighur Muslims

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/china-holds-million-uighur-muslims-concentration-camps-180912105738481.html

Technology

Chips Don't Reduce Credit Card Frauds
http://fortune.com/2018/11/05/credit-card-chips-fail-to-halt-fraud-survey-says/

The DEA and ICE are hiding surveillance cameras in streetlights. Just because you are on street and cant see a camera don't think no one is watching you.
https://qz.com/1458475/the-dea-and-ice-are-hiding-surveillance-cameras-in-streetlights/

Security

Understanding Why Cyber Terrorism is Uncommon
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/11/what_happened_t.html

Fake News & Propaganda: Undermining Democracies
https://www.lawfareblog.com/information-attacks-democracies

Surveillance Kills Freedom By Killing Experimentation
https://www.wired.com/story/mcsweeneys-excerpt-the-right-to-experiment/

Undermining Democracies and Trusts
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbyg3x/the-most-damaging-election-disinformation-campaign-came-from-donald-trump-not-Russia

Why We Should Pay For Softwares
https://boingboing.net/2018/11/26/candy-from-strangers.html

Chatbots Are a Danger to Democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/opinion/chatbots-ai-democracy-free-speech.html

Safety of Data online is a Myth
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/12/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/

New Australian Backdoor Law: Privacy is Theory
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/12/new_australian_.html

Essential reason for a Security Key
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/iranian-phishers-bypass-2fa-protections-offered-by-yahoo-mail-and-gmail/

For Deep Technical Interest

Google & Collaboration against Cybercrime
https://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/3ve_google_whiteops_whitepaper_final_nov_2018.pdf

NSA Archives
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cyber-vault/2018-12-04/cyber-brief-nsas-cryptolog

AI Annual Report
https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.pdf