Wealth
- Who died and paid the IRS a $7 billion estate tax bill? (sherwood.news)
- A profile of Denise Coates, founder of Bet365, and the richest woman in England. (theguardian.com)
Global
- How Iceland became a hotbed for online scams. (nytimes.com)
- Checking in on the reconstruction of Notre Dame. (gq.com)
- Lebanon has a lot of geographical advantages. Why is the country so troubled? (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
Entertainment
- Netflix’s ($NFLX) list of its most popular shows is chaotic to say the least. (nytimes.com)
- Has Disney ($DIS) fumbled the Star Wars franchise? (hollywoodreporter.com)
Longreads
- Like it or not, AI girlfriends (and boyfriends) are coming. (esquire.com)
- The pros and cons of reviving long extinct species like the woolly mammoth. (forkingpaths.co)
- The rest of the world doesn’t hate America (or Americans). (epsilontheory.com)
- Yes, America’s ports need more automation. (construction-physics.com)
- Is the world really running out of sand? (practical.engineering)