Longform links: instant fakes
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
9 hours ago
2 MIN READ
Books
- Mary Childs talks with Liaquat Ahamed, author of “1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World.” (youtube.com)
- Five insights from Michael Pollack’s new book, “Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America’s Most Overlooked Resource.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
- An excerpt from “The World: A Family History of Humanity,” by Simon Sebag. (theatlantic.com)
- An excerpt from “Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist” by Christof Koch. (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
- David Epstein talks with Austin Kleon, author of “Don’t Call It Art: 10 Ways to Create Like a Kid Again.” (davidepstein.substack.com)
Technology
- Just how close are we to getting humanoid robots? (newyorker.com)
- Why we need to distinguish between people and bots online. (noemamag.com)
- Inventing the bar code was straightforward. Implementing was a lot harder. (quartr.com)
- Spinning up fake websites, and the like, is now trivial and can easily trip up Google. (propublica.org)
Defense
- Why a tungsten mine is reopening in Australia. (bloomberg.com)
- JP Morgan ($JPM) wants to be a defense industry player. (wsj.com)
Crime and punishment
- How Scotland successfully targeted high levels of violence. (bbc.com)
- The state of Florida is executing prisoners at a rapid rate. (propublica.org)
Science
- How our understanding of continental drift came to be. (worksinprogress.co)
- Five insights from Ijeoma Uchegbu’s new book, “Chain Reaction: How Chemistry Shapes Us and Our World.” (nextbigideaclub.com)
Nature
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