Linkfest: June 09, 2018

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What I am reading today

Can Awkward Conversations Make for a Stronger Corporate Culture? (Knowledge@Wharton)
No Freedom at Midnight: A review of Ram V and Dev Pramanik's sci-fi comic series, Paradiso (FactorDaily)


Three Brief Encounters with Anthony Bourdain (The Paris Review)
a16z Podcast: The End (and Beginning) of Programming (Andreesson Horowitz)
Can Awkward Conversations Make for a Stronger Corporate Culture? (Knowledge@Wharton)
Indians have gotten used to buying art online: Saffronart CEO (Forbes India Magazine)
Chinese consumers are more fashion-savvy and digitally advanced than ever before, accelerating the shift of the #Luxury industry to the millennial state of mind. http://spr.ly/6019DcpBT pic.twitter.com/lkx97w0MUp (Bain Alerts)
China's fintech companies are exporting AI and big data to Asia's 'laggard' banking markets (SCMP: China Tech)
a16z Podcast: The End (and Beginning) of Programming (Andreessen Horowitz)
Does Direct Democracy Reduce Regulatory Capture? (ProMarket)

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