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...

• How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs (Anil Dash)

• Is there anything left to say? Last words by writers on writing. (The American Scholar)

• ChatGPT as the Original AI Error: The human fascination with conversation has led us AI astray (Paul Kedrosky)

• 5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you. (The Conversation)

• Robert F. Kennedy offers a master class in what to say when a man you disagreed with is murdered in cold blood. (TFP)

• Always be kind.  An unexpected wartime slogan (Tim Snyder)

• How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads (Our World in Data)

• How to Build a Medieval Castle: Why are archaeologists constructing a thirteenth-century fortress in the forests of France? (Archaeology Magazine)

• Rivals Rub Shoulders in the World of Competitive Massage: Each year, massage therapists from around the globe gather to face off, collaborate, and make sure that no body gets left behind. (New Yorker)

• What’s hypergamy? Basically, marrying above your station (Wikipedia)

• Own Goal:  As Churchill said, “There’s only one thing worse than fighting a war with allies, and that’s fighting a war without them.” (No Mercy / No Malice)

• NATO States Have Failed: They have not prepared and do not understand their national interests. (Phillip’s Newsletter)

• The Latest Crypto Play Is The Biggest and Most Corrupt Yet: The family just made as much as $5 billion on a single token launch - while reshaping U.S. policy to keep the industry on their side. (Slate)

• National Geographic’s Best Pictures of the Year (Instagram) 

• The Academy Awards Best Pictures of the Year, 1927-2025 (Instagram)

• Technology can change the world in ways that are unimaginable until they happen (Source: Our World in Data)
  

What are you reading or listening to?