A brief gallivant about the marketplace of ideas.
Articles for reference
Arts
“NYC Ballet’s Mira Nadon on George Balanchine’s Rubies: Anatomy of a dance ” by nycballet (YouTube, 2023-09-06).
“Why dancers love performing Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’ ” by Royal Opera House (YouTube, 2017-04-12).
Books
“Imposing order on grief ” by Iona Italia (Quillette, 2024-05-22). A review of Rob Henderson’s book “Troubled”.
Business and investing
“Should you buy expensive stocks? ” (The Economist, 2024-06-05).
“Bit Tech companies unplug stock market from reality ” by James Mackintosh (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-04).
“How to write the perfect CV ” (The Economist, 2024-05-30).
“When to sell your stocks ” (The Economist, 2024-05-30).
“AI skills bring higher pay, more interview offers, study says ” by Carolyn Crist (CIO Dive, 2024-05-24).
“ISC2 reveals global ISC2 certification salaries ” (ISC2, 2024-05-07). Note that regional aggregation masks within-region differences in cost of living.
“Meme stocks are a thing—again ” by Hannah Miao, Gunjan Banerji (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-08-05).
Cybersecurity
“CVE exploits, stolen credentials fueled ransomware surge in 2023 ” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-06-04).
“China is ‘prepositioning’ for future cyberattacks—and the new NSA chief is worried ” by Niharika Mandhana, Gordon Fairclough (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
“‘She hooked me’: How an online scam cost a senior citizen his life’s savings ” by Felix Solomon (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-02).
“Detecting and preventing unauthorized user access ” by Brad Jones (Snowflake, 2024-06-02).
“NIST has a plan to clear the vulnerability analysis backlog ” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-05-31). That plan is: Hire a government contractor.
“Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span ” by Dan Goodin (Ars Technica, 2024-05-30).
“Critical CVEs are going under-analyzed as NIST falls behind ” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-05-28).
“Hackers created rogue VMs to evade detection in recent MITRE cyber attack ” by Newsroom (The Hacker News, 2024-05-24).
“CVE exploitation nearly tripled in 2023, Verizon finds ” by David Jones (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-05-01).
Economics
“ADP national employment report—May 2024 ” (ADP Research Institute, 2024-06-05).
“Why China’s overcapacity problem is about to get even worse, in seven charts ” by Nathaniel Taplin (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-04).
“Is America’s economy heading for a consumer crunch? ” (The Economist, 2024-06-04).
“Job openings and labor turnover—April 2024 ” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024-06-04).
“Personal income and outlays, April 2024 ” (US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024-05-31).
Education
“Google invests $15M to train new cyber pros ” by Sam Sabin (Axios, 2024-06-04).
“Next up for House renewal: Eliot ” by Eileen O’Grady (The Harvard Gazette, 2024-05-30).
“Deep reading will save your soul ” by William Deresiewicz (Persuasion, 2024-05-29).
“When should Harvard speak out? ” by Jessica McCann (The Harvard Gazette, 2024-05-28). An interview with Alison Simmons and Noah Feldman of the Harvard Institutional Voice Working Group.
“Institutional voice ” by Alan M. Garber et al. (Harvard : Office of the President, 2024-05-28).
Health, medicine, and wellness
“Tom Cech: RNA takes center stage ” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2024-06-05). 49m audio recording with transcript; link to video recording.
“Why the pandemic probably started in a lab, in 5 key points ” by Alina Chan (The New York Times, 2024-06-03).
“Long covid at 3 years ” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2024-05-30).
“Venki Ramakrishnan: The new science of aging ” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2024-05-28). 50 m audio recording with transcript.
Law
“The Supreme Court is about to decide the future of free speech ” by Nadine Strossen (Persuasion, 2024-06-04).
Politics : BGP
“FCC vote on tap for rules to secure fundamental component of the internet ” by Tim Starks (CyberScoop, 2024-06-04).
“FCC wants rules for ‘most important part of the internet you’ve probably never heard of’ ” by Tim Starks (CyberScoop, 2024-04-24).
Politics : Computer chips
“Asia’s chip giants hustle to maintain their edge over the U.S. ” by Jiyoung Sohn, Yang Jie (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-05).
“The goal for China’s chip giant: Cut out the U.S. ” by Yoko Kubota (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
“The U.S. gave chip makers billions. Now comes the hard part. ” by Asa Fitch (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-02).
“The global chips battle, in charts ” by Nate Rattner, Jiyoung Sohn (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-02).
Politics : India
“The morning ” by Alex Travelli (The New York Times, 2024-06-06). Subtitled, “Modi’s choices”.
“A triumph for Indian democracy ” (The Economist, 2024-06-05).
“India’s surprising election results a ‘watershed moment’ ” by Daniel Harsha (Harvard Kennedy School : Ash Center, 2024-06-04). Q&A with Professor Gautam Nair.
Politics : Mexico
“Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide ” (The Economist, 2024-06-03).
“Mexico’s new president is an enigma ” by Quico Toro (Persuasion, 2024-06-03).
Politics : Trump’s NY trial
“William Galston on 2024 and Trump’s conviction ” by Yascha Mounk (Persuasion, 2024-06-01). 1h29m audio recording with transcript.
“The morning ” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times 2024-05-31). Subtitled, “We’re covering Trump’s conviction…”.
“Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts in New York hush-money case ” by Corinne Ramey, James Fanelli (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-31).
“A guilty verdict for Trump and its consequences for the country ” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-30).
Politics : Other
“Why no one will save Sudan ” by Cameron Hudson (Persuasion, 2024-06-05).
“The morning ” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2024-06-05). Subtitled, “The asylum loophole”.
“The sad case of Hunter Biden ” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-05).
“Merrick Garland, three special counsels and a Justice Department under fire ” by Sadie Gurman, Aruna Viswanatha (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-04).
“Hong Kong smothers dissent ahead of the Tiananmen anniversary ” (The Economist, 2024-06-03).
“Trump conviction and Biden tapes put new pressure on Mike Johnson ” by Katy Stech Farek (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
“Israel, Palestine, and the sub-rational ” by Michael G. Holzman (Persuasion, 2024-05-31).
“Happy fun Cold War 2 update ” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2024-05-29).
“Blacklisted Chinese companies rebrand as American to dodge crackdown ” by Heather Somerville (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-29).
“How to live in a world where Trump is winning ” by Quico Toro (Persuasion, 2024-05-28).
“AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board ” by Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley (The Economist, 2024-05-26).
Science
“Biologists are unfolding life’s molecular shapes ” by Yasemin Saplakoglu (Quanta Magazine, 2024-05-28).
Society
“How many of our ‘facts’ about society, health, and the economy are fake? ” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2024-06-06). Paywalled.
“Does curiosity make you read more hard news? How about anxiety? ” by Joshua Benton (Nieman Lab, 2024-06-04).
“Don’t be a stranger: The power of renewing old friendships ” by Rob Henderson (The Boston Globe, 2024-05-29).
“Yes, experts will lie to you sometimes ” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2021-03-28).
Technology
“The AI revolution is already losing steam ” by Christopher Mims (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-31).
“The Daylight tablet returns computing to its hippie ideals ” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2024-05-31).
“Can Elon Musk’s xAI take on OpenAI? ” (The Economist, 2024-05-29).
“These Internet browsers promise privacy. What does that actually mean? ” by Cheryl Winokur Munk (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-28).
“Big Tech’s budding AI monopoly ” by William P. Barr (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-27).
“Don’t believe the biggest myth about heat pumps ” by Matt Simon (WIRED, 2024-05-24).
“Privacy experts sound the alarm over Microsoft’s latest AI tool ” by Samantha Kelly (CNN, 2024-05-22).
Other
“The struggle makes the reward ” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2024-06-05).
“The best noise-canceling headphones ” by Nick Guy, Geoffrey Morrison (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
“Take the work seriously. Yourself? Not so much. ” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2024-05-28).
“Reflections on Sozhenitsyn’s Harvard address ” by Sergiu Klainerman (Quillette, 2020-10-24).