Elon Musk's SpaceX is the latest big tech company to tap the risky leveraged-loan market by Callum Burroughs FROM Business Insider

How Does Social Media Parasitize Your Brain? by Douglas T. Kenrick Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today

Why the global suicide rate is falling FROM The Economist

Water crisis puts trade war into perspective for China by FROM Asia Times

Keeping It in the Family Why are so many of the world’s oldest companies in Japan? By Emily Tamkin FROM Slate

Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal by Derek Thompson FROM The Atlantic

TED Talk: A reality check on renewables - David MacKay

How Does Current AI Stack Up Against Human Intelligence? by Paul Thagard Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today

Nothing to smile about: Asia's deadly addiction to betel nuts By Hilary Whiteman, CNN

Portugal’s drug policy shows what common-sense approach looks like By Heather Knight FROM SFGate

The mystery of why some people become sudden geniuses by Zaria GorvettFROM The BBC

The mathematics of weight loss | Ruben Meerman | TEDxQUT (edited version)

The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast

It’s been 5 years since Elon Musk proposed a Hyperloop design FROM by Megan Geuss Ars Technica

Apollo Robbins: The Art of Misdirection -- TED Talk

Key facts about the war in Yemen FROM Al Jazeera

I'm posting it because the story has been overshadowed by the Khashoggi murder which in comparison seems to be a rather minor incident.

The most over-hyped and useless tech in history? by Nouriel Roubini FROM Asia Times

"Renowned economist argues blockchain's promise to cure world's ills through 'decentralization' is just a ruse to separate investors from their money."

The Problem of Cubicles and the "Open Office" by Mark Thornton FROM Mises Wire

TED Talk: How Airbnb designs for trust by Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb

Video: Taiwan: Spies, Lies and Cross-straits Ties | People and Power FROM Al Jazeera English