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
+ A masterclass in keeping things simple, The value of statistics, Real Survival Stories (#452)
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)
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)