A history of Slack and coping with reality

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Barry Ritholtz

My end-of-week morning train reads: How Green Is My Bond? ( Chief Investment Officer ) Slack: A short history ( Andreessen Horowitz ) To Nike and Others Opposing Trump's Tariffs, Just Do It ( Bloomberg Opinion ) The question is not whether the Fed will cut rates but why ( Financial Times ) What's Wrong With Modern Buildings? Everything, Starting With How They're Made ( Bloomberg ) Humans cannot bear too much reality, have evolved a method of coping with all this complexity: we lie to ourselves about how much we understand ( New Statesman ) What Dropping 17,000 Wallets Around the Globe Can Teach Us About Honesty ( NPR ) A Misfit's Guide to Navigating the Office ( New York Times ) OxyContin made the Sackler family billions — but now, after 400,000 opioid deaths, it's made them near-pariahs, their philanthropy rejected. Citing "vitriolic hyperbole" and "endless castigation," David Sackler tells his story for the first time ( Vanity Fair ) From Pain and Tragedy to Global Empire: How Trevor Noah Became the Busiest Man in Comedy ( Hollywood Reporter ) Be sure to check out our  Masters in Business   interview  this weekend with Chris Brightman, chief investment officer and partner at Research Affiliates. Brightman has been a member of the Investment Fund for Foundations, the Virginia Retirement System, the University of Virginia Investment Management Co. and Strategic Investment Group. Half of Americans Are Now Over the Age of 38 Source:  Bloomberg

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