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...

 

 

Niall Ferguson: Without Books We Will Be Barbarians (TFP) * Paywall Free for 2 weeks.
What Getting 105 Blood Tests From a Health Startup Taught Me: (Time)
Rivers are now battlefields: Chinese dams will hold billions of people downstream to ransom. Could solar-powered desalination make them irrelevant? (Works in Progress Magazine)
Impossible Creatures Author Katherine Rundell is the new J.K. Rowling.

The Protein Bar King and the Battle for the Holy Grail of Fat Substitutes: (Men’s Health)

The US Population Could Shrink in 2025, For the First Time Ever: (Derek Thompson)
9 fun ways to increase your agency with zero grinding required. Most people think high agency — happening to life, rather than letting life happen — means grinding 24/7. It doesn’t. You can solve problems, take initiative *and* have fun at the same time. (High Agency)

An Existential Guide to: Making Friends. Friends Friends What Glorious Friendly Friends! (The Shadowed Archive)

The Curious Conservative War on Beer: The Bud Light boycott was just the beginning. (Slate)

The science is clear: Metal music is good for you: (Popular Science)

Is TV’s Golden Age (Officially) Over? A Statistical Analysis: (Stat Significant)

The Method to Daniel Day-Lewis’ Madness: (Slate)
Shackleton’s expedition was doomed from the start, and Shackleton knew it.

What are you reading or listening to?