Big numbers on a small planet
+ Understanding the world by looking at what never changes, Sleeping beauties, Truth in detail (#466)
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Putin's waiting game
+ Your personal guide to making a difference in the climate crisis (#465)
The mother of all megatrends
It's not AI (#464)
12 problems are plenty
«The only way to tell this story is to try to tell it truthfully and to know that you will fail.» (#463)
Inventions against the natural order of things
+ Gaza Diary, Learning from Covid to communicate the climate crisis, and more (#462)
Tragedy is Failure
+ Is it possible for peacemakers to do what hardliners do? (#461)
Still processing
+ Using AI to understand Whales. The Realpolitik of Geoengineering. The oil man tasked with saving the planet. (#460)
The Art of Explanation
One of the best books I've read in recent years. (#459)
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)
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)