Linkfest: May 31, 2018

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What I am reading today

Eight months after Hurricane Maria, the human toll is still unclear (Economist: Graphic Detail)
Snap Is No Facebook, and Spiegel Insists He Wants It That Way (Wired: Business)


Risk is in Your head (Subramoney)
WH Smith, Britain's worst high-street retailer, is ripe for disruption (Martin vander Weyer)
Announcing the first LSE-UC Berkely Bangladesh Summit 2018 in London (India at LSE)
Defending Birkenstocks and Ambien (Trends... Find them, ride them and get off.)
May 2018 Research Newsletter (J-PAL News)
Is surfing the internet dead? (Marginal REVOLUTION)
Life Recovered Mere Years After Asteroid Impact (Discover Magazine)
Inner mechanics of Bigo Live, the money spinning app Indians are going crazy about (FactorDaily)

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