Linkfest: May 27, 2018

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What I am reading today

Eating our way through Meghalaya's rolling fog (Mint)
Is passive investing useful in India? (Subramoney)


Security Tokens – The Future of Fintech (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)
Agnes Callard on why there is progress in philosophy (Marginal REVOLUTION)
'Most Men Are Pressured By Society To Pass Off Their Sexual Abuse As A Rite Of Passage' (IndiaSpend)
Thoughts on sustainability (Forbes India Magazine)
a16z Podcast: When Journalism Goes Global (Andreessen Horowitz)
a16z Podcast: When Journalism Goes Global (Andreesson Horowitz)
shifting priorities and digital transformation (Tom Fishburne: Marketoonist)
India's got the innovations, now just scale 'em up (Swaminathan A Aiyar)

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