Books
- Five insights from “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature” by Dan Sinykin. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Anne Helen Petersen talks with Amy Schiller author of “The Price of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong — And How to Fix It.” (annehelen.substack.com)
Technology
- A true AI assistant is Google’s ($GOOGL) real moonshot. (stratechery.com)
- Online advertising networks help fund the purveyors of conspiracy theories. (washingtonpost.com)
- We don’t have to accept every technology that comes along. (newyorker.com)
Animals
- Check out the world’s largest beaver dam in Canada. (e360.yale.edu)
- Urban pigeons have essentially displaced wild pigeons. (noemamag.com)
- What is the goal of the de-extinction movement? (defector.com)
Entertainment
- Disney ($DIS) has seemingly lost its cultural relevance. (nytimes.com)
- Letterboxd is a rare bright spots in the online world these days. (wapo.st)
- A lovely remembrance of actor Andrew Braugher. (vulture.com)
- The 100 greatest TV shows of all-time including ‘Mad Men.’ (variety.com)
Longreads
- Why do we still build homes the way we have for 100 years? (nytimes.com)
- Jan Marsalek, COO of defunct Wirecard, was apparently a Russian spy. (wsj.com)
- A look at the hundreds of cases of residents wandering off from care facilities. (wapo.st)
- White males make up 80% of gun-related suicide deaths. (theatlantic.com)
- How the Dobbs decision upended the life of an abortion doctor. (statnews.com)
- High school football participation is in steep decline, but it varies by class and geography. (wapo.st)
- The brain handles small and large numbers differently. (quantamagazine.org)
