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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The Collapse of American Virtue - with Fareed Zakaria (Apple Podcasts)
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The origin of Daylight Saving Time is all about business - not farmers: Farmers actually hated Daylight Saving Time. But it was and always has been good for one thing: selling stuff. (Quartz)
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Analysis of 150 U.S. Cities Shows One of the Greatest Drops in Gun Violence - Ever (The Trace)
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A Wife’s Revenge from Beyond the Grave (TFP)
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New evidence reveals dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit (National Geographic)
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The myth of the carnivore caveman: You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein. (Vox)
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What 350 different theories of consciousness reveal about reality: There are hundreds of coherent theories attempting to explain the origins of experience. (New Scientist)
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Mortality is the mother of art: Living creatively in an impermanent world. There are two basic facts of human existence: We are born. We die. But what we do in between - that part is up to us. (Hello, Mortal)
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The Island Where People Go to Cheat Death (New Republic)
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AI Could Be the Railroad of the 21st Century. Brace Yourself. In the 1800s, the railroads took over the economy, changed the way we work, and reshaped American politics. Sound familiar? (Derek Thompson)
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Letters of recommendation. Here’s the absolute worst. (YouTube)
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The World’s Largest Economies in 2026 (Source: Visual Capitalist)
What are you reading or listening to?