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TED Talk - Yuval Noah Harari: What explains the rise of humans? (LINK)
Related book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 
Related previous post (with other links): Yuval Noah Harari at Hay Festival: Why our imaginations make us human
Jim Grant still likes gold (video) [H/T ValueWalk] (LINK)

Larry Robbins’s Gamble on Health Law Pays Off Big [H/T Matt] (LINK)

Books of the day:

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created





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How to Feel Safe in Stocks When the Market Seems Dangerous - by Jason Zweig (LINK) Long-term Thinking and Back to Basics - by John Huber (LINK) More than A Dozen Reasons Why Investing in Airlines Belongs in the Too Hard Pile - by Tren Griffin (LINK) Michael...

- The Worst Crime In History - By Yuval Noah Harari
Excerpt from the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind... Link to excerpt: The Worst Crime in History Today, the majority of large animals on planet earth are domesticated farm animals that live and die as cogs in the wheels of industrial...

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Robert Wilmers' Letter to Shareholders (LINK) Philosophical Economics: Using Total Return EPS to Decompose Historical S&P 500 Performance (LINK) Bill Gates: We’re Not Ready for the Next Epidemic (LINK) Mystery dust cloud and aurora spotted on...

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The full transcripts of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meetings from 2009 were released (LINK) [In conjunction with these, it might be interesting to revisit the FCIC interviews, now that a few years have passed, HERE.] Warren...

- The World Columbus Created
Thanks to Andrew for reminding me about the book 1493, which I believe was a Charlie Munger recommendation at the Berkshire annual meeting this year. Millions of years ago, geological forces ripped the world to pieces. Christopher Columbus changed all...



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