The Nuclear Family, Board Membership, and Fake Photos

Issue 364

by David Wells – Nashville TN

Food for Thought

• TheAtlantic – The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake  The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.
• Wired – Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Lost Notebook  In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived.
• GatesFoundation – Why we swing for the fences  Twenty years after starting our foundation, we’re just as optimistic about the power of innovation to drive progress.
• DallasMoms – Most of Your Stuff Is Worthless :: 3 Things You Should Be Doing NOW to Reduce What You Own Most of the stuff in your house is worthless. From china, china cabinets, crystal goblets, silver tea sets, pianos, and collectible figurines like Hummels, to grandfather clocks and real pieces of craftsmanship furniture. Why? Baby boomers have glutted the market with their castoffs, and millennials, the next generation of buyers, don’t want it.

Business

• TechCrunch – The Art of Board Membership  The nature of the startup and stage of the company define ‘value-added’ as a director
• II – Asset Manager BS – Decoded – A handy translation guide to sales jargon – some favorites – We have a bottom-up approach = We have no idea what markets are going to do…We have a top-down process = We think we know what markets will do but really who does?
• HBR – The Era of Antisocial Social Media  Specifically, when you look at who is — and more importantly, who is not — driving the growth and popularity of social platforms, a key demographic appears to be somewhat in retreat: young people.

Culture/Tech/Science:

• BBC – The Hidden Signs That Can Reveal a Fake Photo  A picture may say a thousand words, but what if the photograph has been fabricated? There are ways to spot a fake – you just have to look closely enough.
• Guardian – Too nice for the likes of us: why buying fancy stuff makes us miserable  Luxury purchases should make us feel like a million bucks but impostor syndrome is at work even while we’re shopping
• NYT – I Am 35 and Running Faster Than I Ever Thought Possible
• Engadget – Researchers find a way to 3D print whole objects in seconds