We can be the first sustainable generation

An invisible epidemic, things we peak at late in life, how censorship sparks creativity (#458)

How to solve the world's biggest problems

The 8 friends you need, and the material we all need for a carbon-free future. (#457)

A deep dive into waste streams

+ A podcast for fans for Black Mirror, a guide to privacy, and 12 questions about life. (#456)

It's rabbit holes all the way down

A new era of climate sickness. A murderer's take on Taylor Swift. And more. (#455)

What are men for?

«Past models of masculinity feel unreachable or socially unacceptable; new ones have yet to crystallize.» (#454)

The geopolitics of Elon Musk

China's economic long Covid, questions about the place in you live, the opposite of loneliness (#453)

The essence of who you are, gone

It's bad. Maybe worse?

+ A world without endings, a strange world, the world's last internet cafés (#451)

The World, reshaped

Will human language be relegated to a last-mile artifact? And why are children born in autumn less likely to kill their grandparents? (#450)

The Art of Translation

+ We have time machines and don't really use them. Also: Dude, we’re worried about today. (#449)

Guide to Empathy and Allyship

+ The manual labour behind artificial intelligence, why it's sometimes smart to work hard, not smart (#448)

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Books with the power to change your perspective

45 books that have changed people's perspective on something important — novels and non-fiction, classics and little known gems.

Automating Empathy Away

+ The next crisis after the climate crisis, and an article that might literally save lives (#447)

Seeking Danger

Food labels, paper airplanes, and a guide to being feminist (#446)

War, what is it good for?

Things worth doing in the summer, and the struggle with wrapping oranges (#445)

Let's share book recommendations again!

This week's best links, plus a question for you: What book that changed your perspective on something important? (#444)

Careful what you wish for

+ The one consequence of global warming more people should be aware of (#443)

Scars of human-altered landscapes

+ Grief, China, and small inventions with big effects on our modern world (#442)

Taking inspiration from icebergs

Jokes aside

+ Muscle, Miracle, Moscow. And I could use your help with books (#440)

The last dream

+ Fragile masculinity in one chart, The Pac Man Rule, How shifts in public opinion happen (#439)

Scroll to outer space

+ The last wake-up call, How real people use artificial intelligence, What makes you happy (#438)

Sketches of Hope

+ 📸 Technology’s impact in their communities, 🐍 Why snakes kill so many people in India (#437)

Vive la Vélorution

About average

+ Human history as a hypothetical 1000-page-book, Fear and Wonder, and more (#435)