We often set aside articles that are longer, deserve a re-read, are broader in scope…or just for fun — for weekend reading. Below are some from this week — pour yourself a hot cup of coffee & enjoy...

• Human Progress is neither even nor inevitable. (Human Progress)

• 10 Breakthrough Technologies in 2022 (MIT Technology Review)

• America Needs a Better Plan to Fight Autocracy. (The Atlantic)

• The Metaverse and NFT Boom About to Go Bust The world is already getting bored of the apes (OneZero)

• Nuclear fusion companies are selling the sun, and venture capital is buying (Grid)

• Toronto, the Quietly Booming Tech Town (New York Times)

• The myths and reality of modern friendship (BBC)

“From such crooked timber as humankind is made of nothing entirely straight can be made.”
- Immanuel Kant

“The act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.”
- Madeleine Albright

What are you reading or listening to?