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A brief gallivant about the marketplace of ideas.

Month: November, 2023

16 November 2023

Read : 2023-11-16

Articles for reference

Cybersecurity

  1. “Ransomware gang files SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed breach” by Ionut Ilascu (Bleeping Computer, 2023-11-15).
  2. “#StopRansomware: Rhysida ransomware” (US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, 2023-11-15).
  3. “Cyber experts worry AI could create a world of haves and have-nots” by James Rundle (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-15).
  4. “5 highest-paying IT certifications in 2023” by Lindsey Wilkinson (CIO Dive, 2023-11-14).
  5. “Every car is a smart car, and it’s a privacy nightmare” by Katie Malone (Engadget, 2023-11-06).
  6. “Decoupling for security” by Barath Raghavan, Bruce Schneier (IEEE Spectrum, 2023-11-05).
  7. “Reflections on the Internet worm at 35” by Gene Spafford (Purdue University : CERIAS, 2023-11-02).
  8. “Connecting the dots: Kaspersky reveals in-depth insights into Operation Triangulation” (Kaspersky, 2023-10-26).
  9. “How to catch a wild triangle” by Leonid Bezvershenk et al. (Kaspersky : SecureList, 2023-10-26).
  10. “Security vulnerability of Switzerland’s e-voting system” by Bruce Schneier (Schneier on Security, 2023-10-17).
    Again, the solution is paper.
  11. “The shapeshifting crypto wars” by Susan Landau (Lawfare, 2023-10-12).
  12. “State of cybersecurity 2024” (CompTIA, 2023-09).

Economics

  1. “The global fight against inflation has turned a corner” by Tom Fairless, Paul Hannon (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-16).
  2. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-11-16). Subtitled “We’re covering a surprising shift in economic thinking…”.
  3. “The $2 trillion interest bill that’s hitting governments” by Chelsey Dulaney, Andrew Duehren, Peter Santilli (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-15).
  4. “Producer price indexes—October 2023” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-11-15).
  5. “Consumer price index—October 2023” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-11-14).
  6. “A victory lap for the transitory inflation team” by Joseph E. Stiglitz (Project Syndicate, 2023-11-13). That last sentence.

Health and medicine

  1. “What will it take to confront the invisible mental health crisis in business?” by Kara Baskin (Harvard Business School : Working Knowledge, 2023-11-09).
  2. “Vaccinologist Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire on COVID-19 vaccines, boosters, and more” (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2023-11-08).

Politics

  1. “Undergraduate workers unionize” by Nina Pasquini (Harvard Magazine, 2023-11-08).

Science and technology

  1. “The super-scary theory of the 21st century (repost)” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-11-13).
  2. “The future of drone warfare” by Bruce Schneier (Schneier on Security, 2023-10-31).
  3. “Who’s accountable for AI usage in digital campaign ads? Right now, no one.” by Nathan Sanders, Bruce Schneier (Harvard Kennedy School : Ash Center, 2023-10-11).
  4. “The Web is dead. Long live the Internet” by Chris Anderson, Michael Wolff (WIRED, 2010-08-17).

Society

  1. “Rebuilding trust in expertise” by Diane Coyle (Project Syndicate, 2023-11-16).
  2. “Ten ways AI will change democracy” by Bruce Schneier (Schneier on Security, 2023-11-13).

Other

  1. “A tough question: When should an older driver stop driving?” by Robert H. Shmerling (Harvard Health Publishing, 2023-11-13). Part one of a two-part series.
  2. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-11-14). Subtitled, “We’re covering the debate over Al-Shifa, Gaza’s biggest hospital…”
  3. “1948” by Michael Barbaro (The New York Times, 2023-11-03).
  4. “Xpert series certs” by Carolyn April, Seth Robinson, Teresa Sears (CompTIA Volley via YouTube, 2023-09-15). 25m audio-video recording. An overview of CompTIA’s new Xpert series certifications, with one of their designers.
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11 November 2023

Read : 2023-11-11

Articles for reference

Athletics

  1. “Athletics should embrace “super-shoes”” (The Economist, 2023-11-03).

Cybersecurity

  1. “Google Cloud cybersecurity forecast” (Mandiant : Google Cloud, 2023-11-08).
  2. “SolarWinds denies SEC charges over cyber disclosures” by James Rundle (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-08).
  3. “Visa launches cybersecurity training program” by Tatiana Walk-Morris (Cybersecurity Dive, 2023-11-07).
  4. “ISC2 cybersecurity workforce study” (ISC2, 2023-11).

Economics

  1. “Why American manufacturing is becoming less efficient” (The Economist, 2023-11-09).
  2. “Austan Goolsbee says Fed will need to monitor risks of overshooting on rates” by Nick Timiraos (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-09).
  3. “Are politicians brave enough for daredevil economics?” (The Economist, 2023-11-08).
  4. “Opening remarks” by Jerome Powell (US Federal Reserve, 2023-11-08). Opening remarks delivered at the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, Division of Research and Statistics.
  5. “Doing economic nationalism the right way” by Dani Rodrik (Project Syndicate, 2023-11-07).
  6. “Markets got an unexpected boost from Washington. Will it mark a turning point?” by Sam Goldfarb (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-05).
  7. “America’s return to strong growth” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-11-02).
  8. “The U.S. economy shrugged off the tech bust” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-11-02).
  9. “Markets think interest rates could stay high for a decade or more” (The Economist, 2023-11-02).
  10. “The world economy is defying gravity. That cannot last” (The Economist, 2023-11-02).
  11. “Chair Powell’s press conference: November 1, 2023” by Jerome Powell (US Federal Reserve, 2023-11-01).

Health and medicine

  1. “Towards an optimal diet” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2023-11-05).

Politics

  1. “Are the Republicans tired of all the losing?” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-08).
  2. “Liberalism is losing the information war” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2023-11-08).
  3. “Will Republicans defend the Supreme Court?” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-07).
  4. “Mitt Romney is the fixed point revealing the Republicans’ slide” (The Economist, 2023-10-26).

Science and technology

  1. “Half of cloud transformations are ‘abject failures’” by Matt Ashare (CIO Dive, 2023-11-08).
  2. “Always paste without formatting on macOS” by Scott Swezey (The World According to Scott, 2022-09-19).

Society

  1. “Thinking your own thoughts in an age of mass distraction” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2023-11-09).
  2. “How social media shapes economic perception” by kyla scanlon (Kyla’s Newsletter, 2023-11-09).
  3. “Book bans and librarians who won’t be hushed” by Elaine McArdle (Ed. Magazine, 2023-11-06).
  4. “The Gaza war could help set speech free again” (The Economist, 2023-11-02).
  5. “The threat from the illiberal left” (The Economist, 2021-09-04).

Other

  1. “Commodify your intelligence” by Annalee Newitz (The Hypothesis, 2023-11-07).
  2. “How I read” by Rob Henderson (Rob Henderson’s Newsletter, 2023-11-05).
  3. “Why I ran away from philosophy because of Sam Bankman-Fried” by Ted Gioia (The Honest Broker, 2023-11-04).
  4. “How to make the overwhelming feel routine” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2023-11-02).
  5. “To my Western leftist friends, from your leftist Israeli friend” by Yuval Idan (Medium, 2023-10-25).
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1 November 2023

Read : 2023-11-01

Articles for reference

Cybersecurity

  1. “Cyber chiefs worry about personal liability as SEC sues SolarWinds, executive” by Kim S. Nash (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-30).

Economics

  1. “Job openings and labor turnover—September 2023” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-11-01).
  2. “ADP national employment report: October 2023” (ADP, 2023-11-01).
  3. “When more financial regulation is not better” by Raghuram G. Rajan (Project Syndicate, 2023-10-31).
  4. “The stunning resilience of emerging markets” by Kenneth Rogoff (Project Syndicate, 2023-10-31).
  5. “Does strong growth fuel inflation? Fed debates whether old model still applies” by Nick Timiraos (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-29).

Health and medicine

  1. “How much sleep do you actually need?” by Matthew Sloan (Harvard Health Publishing, 2023-10-30).

Investing

  1. “What’s behind the latest surge in bitcoin? Little consensus and lots of noise” by Vicky Ge Huang (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-10-28).

Politics

  1. “UAW deal shows unions are winning. How long will it last?” by David Harrison (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-11-01).
  2. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-10-31). Subtitled, “We’re covering the autoworkers’ victories…”

Science and technology

  1. “James Zou: One of the most prolific and creative A.I. researchers in both life sciences and medicine” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2023-11-01). 33m audio recording with transcript.
  2. “UL No. 405” by Daniel Miessler (Unsupervised Learning, 2023-10-31). See the remark “Experts are about to become like tour guides.”
  3. “Steve’s science digest” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2023-10-08).

Society

  1. “The morning” by German Lopez (The New York Times, 2023-11-01). Subtitled, “We’re covering a drop in American gun violence…”
  2. “Should we be worried about rising heat of political discourse? Yes.” by Christina Pazzanese (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-10-30).
  3. “Why so many blue-collar workers drifted away from Democratic Party” by Christy DeSmith (The Harvard Gazette, 2023-10-26).
  4. “Luxury beliefs are status symbols” by Rob Henderson (Rob Henderson’s Newsletter, 2022-06-12).

Other

  1. “Brad’s monthly reading list: October 2023” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2023-10-29).
  2. “Inside the crypto world’s biggest scandal” by Gideon Lewis-Kraus (WIRED, 2018-06-19).
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