Happy Happy! Enjoy the spirit of the season through our Christmas Eve reading:

• Wall Street ends a crazy year with survival anxiety and huge bonuses The largest bank in the United States makes more money than ever before, but senior financial professionals are “uneasy.” (Bloomberg)

• think about life I received an email two weeks ago that stopped me. Today’s life is very difficult, but we have a lot to be thankful for. (Irrelevant investor) You can also take a look That’s it, I am 40 years old: I am satisfied with myself and the life I have created. If tomorrow is my last day on earth, I am very happy. (Beautiful curve)

• How will China’s takeover of Taiwan affect investment The global economy that relies on chips will be hit. But maybe Beijing can at least do it sneakily without war. Think about Hong Kong. (Chief Investment Officer)

• Will Music NFT get their PFP moments? tl;dr: There will be a series of new generative music NFT projects in 2021, all of which have the potential to rethink traditional industry concepts such as celebrity, creativity, fan participation, and intellectual property. But due to technical, legal, and cultural reasons, they have not seen the same consumer needs or financial advantages as their very popular visual counterparts. (Water and music)

• Instant gratification: the neuroscience of impulse buying It can be said that resisting impulse buying has never been so difficult. Online stores have brought the sales strategy of physical stores to a new level of manipulation, attacking the browser with a series of psychological strategies, allowing you to spend as much money as possible. You have probably encountered these techniques, which is called “dark mode.” (Think big)

• How McDonald’s turned against black franchisees The company once enjoyed a reputation among black entrepreneurs and is now reaching a settlement with black owners who say they are prohibited from entering the best and most profitable locations. (Work Week)

• Insights from “the problem of things”. There are characteristic differences between the hemispheres of our brain. Contrary to popular psychology, both parties do similar things, but they do things in very different ways. Contrary to scientific refutation, just because both parties can do similar things does not mean that the way they do things does not matter. Moreover, there is an absolutely necessary tension between the two parties. (KCP Group)

• In the strange world of messages outside the office Since many people are busy taking vacations before the end of the year, now is the season to leave messages. Most of them contain similar boring templates (“I will get off work until the 7th, and I will reply to your message when I get back”), but some of them are obviously more interesting. (slate)

• I wrote a book about speed drive.No, we didn’t accidentally create warp bubblesThe same (former) NASA engineer who previously claimed to violate Newton’s laws now claims to have created a warped bubble. He didn’t. (Think big)

• Britney Spears felt trapped.Her business manager benefits. Britney Spears (Britney Spears) business manager Louise Taylor (Louise Taylor) during the supervised period has benefited a lot in suspicious ways. Most of the allegations against Spears’ assets seem a lot like improper self-enrichment. (New York Times)

Be sure to check our Master of Business This week, Max Chafkin is a contributing editor and technical reporter for BusinessWeek. His work has also appeared in “Fast Company”, “Vanity Fair” and “New York Times” magazines. His most recent book is “Contrarian investors: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s pursuit of power. “

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