Here is a sampling of the best content I consumed this past month. Enjoy scratching your brain’s curiosity itch! Also published on Medium & Reddit.
Book -
Design Thinking - Nigel Cross
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/design-thinking-9781847886361/
Audiobooks -
Man's search for meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
https://www.audible.com/pd/Nonfiction/Mans-Search-for-Meaning-Audiobook/B002V0QUOC?ref=a_typ_c10_pbsvlsgm-d_5_1&pf_rd_p=bba2c3c1-0f70-4ed7-8733-638b44015db4&pf_rd_r=QWNCYXS5YK7EDTAMGJFC&
Ikigai, The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
https://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Ikigai-Audiobook/B074WFYZYH?ref=a_typ_c10_pbsvlsgm-d_3_6&pf_rd_p=bba2c3c1-0f70-4ed7-8733-638b44015db4&pf_rd_r=QWNCYXS5YK7EDTAMGJFC&
Deviate, The Science of Seeing Differently - Beau Lotto
https://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/Deviate-Audiobook/B01MZEAPX2
The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Dispossessed-Audiobook/B0041PD25K
R.I.P Stephen Hawking -
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/555590/?__twitter_impression=true
https://undark.org/article/stephen-hawking-science-communication/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-stephen-hawking-taught-me/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Top 10 Articles/Essays -
Empty half the Earth of its humans. It's the only way to save the planet by Kim Stanley Robinson, Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/20/save-the-planet-half-earth-kim-stanley-robinson
What If the AI Revolution Is Neither Utopia nor Apocalypse, but Something in Between? By Thomas Hornigold, Singularity Hub
https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/13/what-if-the-ai-revolution-is-neither-utopia-nor-apocalypse-but-something-in-between/#sm.00001kc759aqkefcss46x56zwhtmr
Big American Money, Not Russia, Put Trump in the White House: Reflections on a Recent Report by Paul Street, Counterpunch
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/30/big-american-money-not-russia-put-trump-in-the-white-house-reflections-on-a-recent-report/
How Should Society Punish A Murder? by Sarah Jones, New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/147708/society-punish-murder
The Artificial Intelligentsia by Aaron Timms, The Baffler
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-artificial-intelligentsia-timms
Half Life: The Decay of Knowledge and What to Do About It by Shane Parish, Farnam Street
https://www.fs.blog/2018/03/half-life/
Cambridge Analytica is bad, but Palantir is fucking terrifying by Drew Millard, The Outline
https://theoutline.com/post/3978/peter-thiel-knows-you-ran-that-red-light?zd=3&zi=ur5v7dcp
The Digital Age of Securities by Anthony Pompliano, Medium
https://medium.com/@apompliano/the-digital-age-of-securities-e78950fd1b5d
Blame the Computer by Corey Pein, The Baffler
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/blame-the-computer-pein
The Big Picture: Trump’s Attack on Knowledge by Craig Calhoun, Public Books and NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge
http://www.publicbooks.org/the-big-picture-trumps-attack-on-knowledge/
Best of the Rest -
Amazon:
https://newrepublic.com/article/147249/amazon-big-tax
https://longreads.com/2018/03/13/the-billionaire-philanthropist/
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-amazon-industry-displacement/
Book Review(s):
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/books/review/adam-winkler-we-the-corporations.html?referer=https://t.co/8y1a5lQHQm?amp=1#click=https://t.co/8y1a5lQHQm
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now/554054/
Brain/Pysch:
https://qz.com/1229137/yale-neuroscientists-debunk-the-myth-of-normalcy-in-life-and-psychiatry/
https://theconversation.com/how-knowledge-about-different-cultures-is-shaking-the-foundations-of-psychology-92696
https://medium.com/s/story/to-end-school-shootings-lets-call-on-one-of-our-greatest-superpowers-storytelling-c771edf9e5db
https://longreads.com/2018/03/08/emotional-preparedness-for-a-dying-planet/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.quantamagazine.org/whisper-from-the-first-stars-sets-off-loud-dark-matter-debate-20180329/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/12/dna-tests-can-predict-intelligence-scientists-show-first-time/
Capitalism:
https://www.ippr.org/juncture/the-tyranny-of-intermediaries-who-writes-the-rules-of-our-modern-capitalism
http://theweek.com/articles/761124/how-vulture-capitalists-ate-toys-r
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/corporations-people-adam-winkler/554852/
http://amp.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article206394929.html?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/people-are-suing-equifax-in-small-claims-court-its-totally-brilliant-heres-why.html?cid=sf01001&sr_share=twitter
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/business/toys-r-us-bankruptcy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=https://t.co/4uw5AbRykt?amp=1
http://fortune.com/2018/03/15/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-fraud-secrecy/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-say-5-nyc-doctors-took-bribes-drug-maker-prescribe-n857476
Economics:
http://evonomics.com/how-10000-years-of-war-made-humans-the-greatest-cooperators/
http://www.goldtelegraph.com/the-central-bank-bubble
https://wolfstreet.com/2018/03/16/us-gross-national-debt-spikes-1-2-trillion-in-6-months-hits-21-trillion/
https://theoutline.com/post/3840/frugalwoods-frugality-millennials?zd=2&zi=75kjnvge
Education:
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/03/the-third-education-revolution/556091/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/survey-most-people-dont-understand-science-want-their-kids-to-do-it/
Energy:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610457/at-this-rate-its-going-to-take-nearly-400-years-to-transform-the-energy-system/
https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-beyond-three-thirds-road-deep-decarbonization/
Facebook:
https://calmatters.org/articles/facebook-even-as-it-apologizes-for-scandal-funds-campaign-to-block-a-california-data-privacy-measure/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/17/facebook-cambridge-analytica-kogan-data-algorithm
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/cambridge-analytica-and-our-lives-inside-the-surveillance-machine
https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/25/towards-a-world-without-facebook/
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/3/15/17121854/facebook-data-research-api-privacy-impact?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2018/3/21/17144748/case-against-facebook?__twitter_impression=true
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january-february-march-2018/how-to-fix-facebook-before-it-fixes-us/#.WrO1WlY89yY.twitter
Government:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/jamil-smith-betsy-devos-trump-worst-government-possible-on-purpose-w517857
http://evonomics.com/stop-crying-size-of-government/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/amp19504324/nothing-to-see-here-just-freedom/?__twitter_impression=true
Health/Healthcare:
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/3/21/17144260/healthcare-medicaid-algorithm-arkansas-cerebral-palsy?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true
http://www.ibtimes.com/debt-prompts-patients-delay-treatment-data-shows-2665827
the Internet:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/19/reddit-and-the-quest-to-detoxify-the-internet/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.wired.com/story/maybe-nobody-wants-your-space-internet/amp#click=https://t.co/wgjVGkXmU4
Legal System/ Criminal Justice:
https://fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/13/a-case-for-transitional-justice/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/identities/2018/3/14/17114226/incarceration-family-income-parents-study-brookings-rich-kid-poor-kid?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/03/tale-of-new-cities/555263/?utm_source=SFTwitter
Media:
https://points.datasociety.net/you-think-you-want-media-literacy-do-you-7cad6af18ec2
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/09/americas-troll-farm-media/
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/empty-piety-american-press/
https://www.statnews.com/2018/03/20/news-deserts-infectious-disease/
Nature:
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-03-market-based-strategies-ecosystem-surging.html
http://nautil.us/issue/10/mergers--acquisitions/the-unique-merger-that-made-you-and-ewe-and-yew
Politics:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/six-ways-resistance-gave-trump-dictators-toolkit/
http://theweek.com/articles/759268/how-senate-democrats-rolled-over-played-dead-wall-street
https://medium.com/s/how-to-cope-with-the-end-of-the-world/one-hell-of-a-to-do-list-for-saving-democracy-b26a70edb1b
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/12/democrats-and-the-crisis-of-legitimacy/
https://boingboing.net/2018/03/15/pass-through-entities.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/388587002?__twitter_impression=true
https://areomagazine.com/2018/03/11/a-liberal-who-remembers/
Police:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predictive-policing-tool-new-orleans-nopd
https://www.wral.com/Raleigh-police-search-google-location-history/17377435/?version=amp&__twitter_impression=true
Science:
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-multiworse-is-coming.html?m=1
http://sci.esa.int/astrophysics/60099-explore-the-cosmos-with-esasky/
Sports:
https://deadspin.com/this-is-how-to-pay-college-athletes-1823353456
Tech Dystopia:
https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/zmwaee/there-are-no-guardrails-on-our-privacy-dystopia?__twitter_impression=true
https://thebaffler.com/latest/cambridge-analytica-con-levine
https://www.fastcodesign.com/90162494/the-war-on-whats-real
https://longreads.com/2018/01/31/distraction-is-the-new-censorship/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/the-nsa-worked-to-track-down-bitcoin-users-snowden-documents-reveal/
https://m-huffpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5aa004b3e4b002df2c5fc9bc/amp
Tech Utopia:
https://hackernoon.com/motivating-the-greatest-geniuses-in-ai-to-change-the-world-instead-of-destroy-it-558bf6817069
https://www.wired.com/story/europes-new-privacy-law-will-change-the-web-and-more/
https://qz.com/1228061/chinas-agricultural-miracle-that-could-feed-the-planet-without-destroying-it/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/21/blockchain-privacy-data-protection-cambridge-analytica
https://story.californiasunday.com/indianapolis-tech
War:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/04/why-is-world-at-war-syria-democratic-republic-congo-yemen-afghanistan-ukraine
https://fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/23/fifteen-years-of-blood/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Work:
https://hbr.org/2018/03/the-swedish-ceo-who-runs-his-company-like-a-crossfit-gym
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/03/four-hour-workweek-tim-ferriss-work
Writing:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/31/fresh-voices-50-writers-you-should-read-now
Videos -
Fred Rogers Biography - A Life of Service
A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism
Instant classic: Relive UMBC’s incredible win over Virginia in 8 minutes
Stoned Ape & Fungal Intelligence - Paul Stamets
A Dictionary for Your Twenties
How Dark Patterns Trick You Online
Where Art And Science Meet
Paradigms: How We Know What We Know, SEASON 1E1 - The Science of Seeing
https://vrv.co/watch/G6QWGX3P6/Paradigms-How-We-Know-What-We-Know:The-Science-of-Seeing
Scientists Have Detected the First Stars | Space Time
Neil Tyson Demonstrates Absurdity of "Flat Earth"
The Consolation of Philosophy
These Things Happened (Artist Spotlight Story) - G-Eazy
This Is Institute of New Economic Thinking
Cryptocurrencies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Estonia Built the Society of the Future from Scratch
The Exit Drug | Full Documentary
Podcasts -
Joe Rogan Experience #1091 - Daniele Bolelli
Joe Rogan Experience #1087 - Sturgill Simpson
God, The Universe and Meaning... | #43 Under The Skin with Russell Brand & Brian Cox
Journalists Argue Russian Interference Has Been Exaggerated
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/01/589802123/journalists-argue-russian-interference-has-been-exaggerated?sc=tw
Rippin’ the Rainbow an Even Newer One
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/rippin-the-rainbow-an-even-newer-one
Cloning Genetics and Ethics, with Natalia Reagan
https://www.startalkradio.net/show/cloning-genetics-ethics-natalia-reagan/
Episode 50: Going to Mars
http://podcast.diamandis.com/2018/03/05/episode-50-going-to-mars/
Episode 51: Advertising to AI’s
http://podcast.diamandis.com/2018/03/18/episode-51-advertising-to-ais/
Episode 27: How the Media Mainstreamed Racist Pseudoscience
https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-27-how-the-media-mainstreamed-racist-pseudoscience
Lectures -
Vinay Gupta and Rob Knight on blockchain governance, at Cambridge
Computational Creativity: AI and the Art of Ingenuity
Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything - with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Ten Years On: The Financial Crisis and the State of Modern Capitalism
Documentaries -
The Bitcoin Revolution ( Documentary) Hidden Secrets Of Money Ep 8
Becoming immortal - VPRO documentary - 2018
The Limits of Science
Facebook: Cracking the Code
http://thoughtmaybe.com/facebook-cracking-the-code/
Two for the road -
Info about Nicholas McCay -
https://about.me/nicholasrmccay
https://medium.com/@NicholasRMcCay
https://twitter.com/nmccay?lang=en