Auchenberg’s reading list #4

China

• Over 30? You’re Too Old for Tech Jobs in China. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-02/china-s-tech-industry-wants-youth-not-experience

Nature

• Humpback Whale Baby Boom Near Antarctica. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/science/humpback-whale-antarctica.html
• Study Reveals Plants Communicate Through Root Secretions. https://interestingengineering.com/study-reveals-plants-communicate-through-root-secretions

Economics

• The epic mistake about manufacturing that’s cost Americans millions of jobs. https://qz.com/1269172/the-epic-mistake-about-manufacturing-thats-cost-americans-millions-of-jobs/
• Here’s Why Nobody Wants To Buy Birchbox, Even After VCs Spent $90M. https://www.fastcompany.com/40567670/heres-why-nobody-wants-to-buy-birchbox-even-after-vcs-spent-90m
• Tesla’s giant battery in Australia reduced grid service cost by 90%. https://electrek.co/2018/05/11/tesla-giant-battery-australia-reduced-grid-service-cost/

Management

• Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting. https://www.cbinsights.com/research/disrupting-management-consulting/

Photography

• How the 50-mm Lens Became ‘Normal’. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/how-the-50-mm-lens-became-normal/560276/

Tech

• One of the world’s biggest mobile money services wants to become a social network. https://qz.com/1265519/m-pesa-bonga-app-to-integrate-chatting-with-safaricom-mobile-money-transactions/
• Tech’s Two Philosophies. https://stratechery.com/2018/techs-two-philosophies/
• The Case for Electric Scooters. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3737880,00.html.