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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #342

Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?

My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, Solve For Interesting, the author of Complete Web Monitoring, Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks and Lean Analytics), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see”.

Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another:

Future List – The Information. “Jessica Lessin‘s The Information may become the gift I give myself this holiday season. They’ve worked out the fine balance between private analyst firm and shareable newsletter. And they do great stuff — like this (not blocked) interactive listing of the most forward-thinking VC firms. Good in part because of its criteria and visualization.” (Alistair for Hugh).
10 Hot Consumer Trends – Ericsson. “This is a decent roundup of the tech that will consume us in the coming year. The short version? Ubiquitous sensing, backed by AI that works on behalf of consumers rather than on them, and a merging of physical and virtual worlds. Breathlessly hyped, or chasm-crossing good? I guess we have a year to find out.” (Alistair for Mitch).
World War Three, By Mistake – The New Yorker. “I need to start reading some more cheery things, but in the meantime: here’s an article about how close we’ve been to nuclear annihilation, and how we’re probably closer than ever now. Happy New Year!” (Hugh for Alistair).
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, Joseph Stiglitz, Explains The Key Factor That’s Tearing Europe Apart – Inc. “Very clear overview of the (shockingly) simple economic forces that are pulling apart the European Union and its common currency.” (Hugh for Mitch).
How Video Games Satisfy Basic Human Needs – Nautilus. “And you thought it was all fun and games! I read this article, and realized that my jaw needed to be lifted up off of the floor on multiple occasions. In short: it’s not about the video game… it’s about being who we truly are. Yes, video games help us to fulfill our most basic of human needs. Powerful stuff.” (Mitch for Alistair).
Dirty Money – Scientific American. “Is money making you sick? I’m not talking about a lack of it… I am talking about whatever cash you are carrying around in your wallet. What if I told you that money is quickly becoming a public health hazard. Would you believe me? Well, it’s a huge/global pandemic. Let’s go cashless, shall we?” (Mitch for Hugh).

Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.