Linkfest: July 07, 2018

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What I am reading today

a16z Podcast: Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking in the Game of Tech… and Life (Andreesson Horowitz)
Long Road Ahead: The Promise — and Perils — of Self-driving Cars (Knowledge@Wharton)


Sonos' IPO Filing Shows Risks of Relying on Amazon and Apple (Wired)
Silence is Golden (Subramoney)
Informational autocrats (Marginal REVOLUTION)
Chinese wind turbine maker Sinovel must pay US$59 million as punishment 'for stealing trade secrets' (SCMP: China Tech)
Friday links: improbable events (Abnormal Returns)
Raja Deen Dayal, India's 'bold warrior of photography' (07 July 2018) (Manu S Pillai)
Sonos' IPO Filing Shows Risks of Relying on Amazon and Apple (Wired: Business)
'We're Winning the War': A Q&A with SF writer, critic and historian, Adam Roberts (FactorDaily)

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