Books
- A look at Tyler Goodspeed’s "Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It." (worksinprogress.news)
- Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk with Brendan Greeley, author of "The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money." (podcasts.apple.com)
- Five insights from "Longevity Nation: The People, Ideas, and Trends Changing the Second Half of Our Lives" by Michael Clinton. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- Tyler Cowen talks with Toby Wilkinson author of "The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra." (conversationswithtyler.com)
AI
- How close are we to self-improving AI? (ft.com)
- The case for data centers as engines for innovation. (notboring.co)
Longreads
- The Consumer Financial Protection Board has been gutted. (bloomberg.com)
- Why home building isn't a business with economies of scale. (construction-physics.com)
- Why the Great Lakes, and other bodies of water, are filling up with plastics. (chicagotribune.com)
- Lessons from Peter Magyar's defeat of Viktor Orban. (nytimes.com)
- How BPC-157 became a high profile peptide. (statnews.com)
- Why trucks full of cheese are getting stolen. (longreads.com)
- What makes for a great conversation. (moretothat.com)