Weekly readings – 21st September 2019

How Photos of a Remote School Went Viral, and the Happy Ending That Followed. A beautiful story that makes me appreciate what I have more

The Sun Is Stranger Than Astrophysicists Imagined

A Brief Primer of Asia’s Mid-Autumn Mythology in 3 Folk Tales. Ever heard of Mid Autumn season in Asia? This article offers a great primer on one of the most popular events Asians, especially Southeast Asians, celebrate.

Remarkable story about small Vietnamese community and its transformation

USC Law Commencement Speech. An honest and insightful commencement speech by Charlie Munger

Creativity Is the New Productivity

China’s second largest e-commerce site J.D.com Experienced a 480% leap in iPhone Preorders over Last Year

NPR Shopping Cart Economics: How Prices Changed At A Walmart In 1 Year

Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products. The change in algorithm goes against the ‘customer-centric’ philosophy that Amazon is known for

The Cost of a Mile

Raising Prices is Hard

What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? A super long and doozy read on 737 Max, but boy, is it good!

Vietnam Becomes a Victim of Its Own Success in Trade War. As a Vietnamese, I am no stranger to the terrible infrastructure in my country. That’s why I haven’t been bullish on our chance at benefiting from China’s tariff war with the US

Silent Skies: Billions of North American Birds Have Vanished

Netflix: how will the story end?

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