- Listen to the origins of “culture war”
- Listen to this long (nearly 4 hours!) conversation with a former KGB agent. (One tidbit: Putin was not good as a spy but very good as an organizer)
- Read: The U.S. Needs More Housing Than Almost Anyone Can Imagine
- Read: The legit alternative to Twitter: Mastodon.
- While visiting the RetroFuture exhibition in Eindhoven, I came across this gem:
This image alone falsifies the idea that we understand how technology affects (defects?) our lives. Here’s the video of Dutchies claiming they don’t have any use for mobile phones… - Read: French farmers (with 70% subsidies) are draining (commons) groundwater to fill (private) reservoirs. Another development in line with an end of abundance!
- Read how a journalist “lost” 20 years of emails… and felt lighter.
- Listen to Jeremy Grantham — a famous Silicon Valley investor — explain the existential risks of climate change
- Listen: Sometimes it’s better to quit rather than struggle through…
- Watch Steve Jobs (and all his engineers!) make history in 1984
H/Ts to GK and ME