17 days to Christmas – what’s left on your to-do list!?  Combine that with parties, school performances, and everything else – the sprint to the ’23 finish is in full swing.  Good luck!

Shameless self-promotion – last week I released my 2nd book The Family Enterprise Playbook: A Framework For Action – I really appreciate all the early support from those of you who bought copies.

Cheers,

David

• NYT – Ego, Fear and Money: How the A.I. Fuse Was Lit  The people who were most afraid of the risks of artificial intelligence decided they should be the ones to build it. Then distrust fueled a spiraling competition.
• WSJ – Behind the Tragic, Instagram-Perfect Life of an Ex-Disney Executive  When Dave Hollis quit his plum Disney job to join his wife Rachel’s self-help empire, the pair built a business around sharing some of their darkest feelings on social media. The reality was even worse.
• TheAssembly – They Were Go-To Dealers for College Students. Now They’re Headed to Prison. – Credit RE –   A trial in federal court last week stemming from the overdose of a 23-year-old Raleigh man exposed the inner workings of a drug-dealing duo and their college-student clients.
• Coveteur – I Ditched My iPhone for a Flip Phone  And I didn’t hate it.
• WSJ – And You Thought PowerPoint Presentations Couldn’t Get Any Worse  Actually, this Christmas, the office annoyance may have found its handiest use yet: Kids are using their skills to craft businesslike wish lists to avoid the holiday dread of unwanted gifts

• BBC – Why Americans’ ‘YOLO’ spending spree baffles economists
• Forbes – How Phil Knight, Charles Koch And Other Aging Billionaires Are Making Sure Their Money Doesn’t Go To Uncle Sam
• BI – RIP Goldman Sachs  When I started out at Goldman, it was the most feared firm on Wall Street. Those days are gone for good.
• Pimco – Prime Time for Bonds  Bonds emerge as a standout asset class, offering strong prospects, resilience, diversification, and attractive valuations compared with equities.
• AWOCS – My 4 Anti-Personal Finance Expert Beliefs

• NYT – Oxford’s 2023 Word of the Year Is … ‘Rizz’  Sorry, Swifties. The Gen Z slang term — derived from “charisma” — went viral this year after the actor Tom Holland claimed to have none.
• MB – Driving Tesla Cybertruck: Everything You Need to Know!
• Futurism – Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
• Wired – Why Teslas Totaled in the US Are Mysteriously Reincarnated in Ukraine
• WSJ – Penguins Have Perfected the Power Nap  Chinstrap penguins nap for mere seconds more than 10,000 times a day, allowing them to rest while protecting their nests and eggs