Caracal Daily | Jan. 17

WATCHING TODAY:

1. ‘Crypto colonizers’ in Puerto Rico try to sell locals on the dream: WP reports a new wave of wealthy investors is moving to the island. Locals are greeting them with excitement — and suspicion.

2. Detroit built the automotive industry, but can it build a fashion industry? Detroitisit asks is Detroit the next New York, Paris, or Milan of fashion? What will it take to develop the talent and ecosystem toward a socially and economically sustainable fashion industry?

3. Is Boris Johnson finally sunk? The Times reports adrift on an ocean of illicit booze and with his authority ebbing, the prime minister is fast losing support among MPs. His instinctive response? To blame the team around him and launch a blizzard of crowd-pleasing policies. Will it work?

4. Thomas Edison's weird job interview trick is actually backed by modern science: Inc. reports Edison's bizarre soup-based technique for screening job candidates illustrates an essential truth about effective interviewing.

5. Why is LinkedIn so cringe? Trung Phan writes the answer is in its business model and algorithm.