Linkfest: April 22, 2018

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What I am reading today

To help @FeedingAmerica distribute its food donations, @ChicagoBooth professor Canice Prendergast helped set up a market based on "fake money" #BoothMKTG http://ow.ly/VWNP30jozML pic.twitter.com/F8fc4LcsKN (Chicago Booth Review)
a16z Podcast: Principles and Algorithms for Work and Life (Andreesson Horowitz)


Ancient Egypt in Contemporary Africa: New Excavations at the Island Fortress of Uronarti (History of the Ancient World)
Visualizing the Prolific Plastic Problem in Our Oceans (Visual Capitalist)
Why Apollo Flew in a Figure 8 (Discover Magazine)
a16z Podcast: Principles and Algorithms for Work and Life (Andreessen Horowitz)
The symphony orchestra and the Industrial Revolution (Marginal REVOLUTION)
Modi must resist urge to indulge in petrol populism (Swaminathan A Aiyar)
Good Company/Country vs Good Investment (Views on Life & on Equity Investing)
Thoughts on change (Forbes India Magazine)

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