Books
- An excerpt from “Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health” by Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham. (wsj.com)
- An excerpt from “Nobody’s Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It” by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. (wsj.com)
Global
- China may have reached its demographic peak, but that does not mean its influence is waning. (noahpinion.blog)
- Portugal is rethinking drug decriminalization. (washingtonpost.com)
- Ukraine is already rebuilding. (wired.com)
Environment
- California’s salmon population is increasingly at risk. (modernfarmer.com)
- A number of sovereign nations have claims on Colorado River water. (politico.com)
- Fireflies are disappearing. This isn’t good news. (washingtonpost.com)
- Elon Musk has made Twitter irrelevant. (businessinsider.com)
- Why there will likely never be a Twitter replacement. (eugenewei.com)
- Why Threads may never take Twitter on in some areas. (stratechery.com)
- Threads hits Twitter where it hurts – ad revenue. (om.co)
- Threads pricked the Twitter balloon. (lefsetz.com)
- Is Elon doing us all a favor? (notboring.co)
Entertainment
- The writer’s strike just underlies the problems with the streaming business model. (variety.com)
- How TikTok and Instagram are changing how books are marketed. (esquire.com)
- It’s not just Taylor Swift that is re-recording their music. (theringer.com)
Longreads
- Syracuse, New York is betting big on a new semiconductor plant. (technologyreview.com)
- There is still a mental health stigma on Wall Street. Ask this therapist. (wsj.com)
- A profile of Andrew Huberman of the Huberman Lab podcast. (time.com)
- Evidence that we humans have gotten to far away from our original purpose. (raptitude.com)
- What makes for a resourceful person. (ribbonfarm.com)
