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...

• Jerry Seinfeld’s Commencement. Delivered with grace despite some boos (YouTube.com)

• To the Class of 2024: You Are All Diseased (The Free Press)

• “Any great power that spends more on debt service (interest payments on the national debt) than on defense will not stay great for very long.” Ferguson’s law (coined Niall Ferguson) (CRFB)

• Should you help your adult child buy a house? (Richardson Wealth)

• An Oil Price-Fixing Conspiracy Caused 27% of All Inflation Increases in 2021 (BIG by Matt Stoller)

• The Life and Death of Hollywood: Film and television writers face an existential threat (Harper’s)

• Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups (Wired)

• Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry (Futurism)

• Big Fridge: The hot business of cold storage (Sherwood)

• Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT - and Helped Set the Course for AI (Wired)

• Why We Love Music: Researchers are discovering how music affects the brain, helping us to make sense of its real emotional and social power. (Greater Good Magazine)

• How ‘feelings about thinking’ help us navigate our world: The pleasant feeling of knowing, the frustration of forgetting, and other ‘metacognitive feelings’ serve as unsung guides (Psyche)

• Worthy of a Look. The Free Press was founded by Bari Weiss on principles learned from her experience/resignation from The New York Times. Unvarnished pursuit of different opinions regardless of the consequences. Free/Voluntary Pay on Substack for now.

What are you reading or listening to?