Linkfest: March 08, 2018

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What I am reading today

How Bengaluru's hyperlocal genie Dunzo is changing with funding from Google (FactorDaily)
Can Theresa May find time to be her own housing supremo? (Spectator: Martin Vander Weyer)


Trump's Trade War and the Gold Rally (Daily Reckoning)
Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)
Escape In Time (Barel Karsan)
Inside the Chinese lab that plans to rewire the world with AI (MIT Technology Review)
Anne Enright: The Genesis of Blame (London Review of Books)
The Real Losers In The Northeast: Women (IndiaSpend)
Why Iranian women are taking off their veils (Economist Explains)
Nota bene: Holding Yale accountable (Felix Salmon)

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