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...
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Exponential growth of computation in the training of notable AI systems (Our World in Data)
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The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone - 3 Years Before It Existed (Wired)
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Steven Miller’s ascendancy and power in DC (The Daily)
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The great global redistributor we never hear about: money sent or brought back by migrants (Our World in Data)
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The Art of Calling Out Room Dynamics. We’re all so caught up in our own perspectives and agendas that we forget to take a step back and acknowledge the collective experience happening in the room. (Leadership Garden)
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The Myth that Musicians Die at 27 Shows How Superstitions Are Made (Scientific American)
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The US’s Worst Fears of Chinese Hacking Are on Display in Guam (Businessweek)
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Your phone is destroying your social life: Technology and the cost of convenience, explained. What are they adding to our lives and, more importantly, what are they taking away? (Vox)
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It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy (Privacy Not Included)
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How Long Can Toyota Put Off Figuring Out EVs? (Businessweek)
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AI hallucinations can’t be stopped - but these techniques can limit their damage (Nature)
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New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered: Three exotic new species of superconductivity were spotted last year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup. (Wired)
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Why America is in an alcohol recession: Last year was a terrible year for the industry. (The Hustle)
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The truth about fiction: What distinguishes fiction from nonfiction? The answer to this perennial question relies on how we understand reality itself. (Aeon)
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Top 10 tips to avoid ‘Brain rot’. The word of the year is “brain rot”. That says a lot about how we’re feeling as a society. Kind of crazy, but honestly makes all the sense in the world. (Reddit)
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Twenty Lessons On Tyranny From the Twentieth Century: These lessons are the openings of the twenty chapters of a 2017 book On Tyranny, lightly edited since to account for the Big Lie, the coup attempt, the war in Ukraine, and the risks we face in 2024. The lessons remain the same. (Thinking About…)
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Charted: Trump's unprecedented executive order blitz (Axios)
What are you reading or listening to?