Read : 2023-04-23

Articles for reading (and podcasts for listening)

1. “How can some infinities be bigger than others?” by Steven Strogatz (Quanta Magazine : The Joy of Why, 2023-04-19). Forty-six-minute audio podcast with Justin Moore. (Audio transcript included.)

Articles for reference

Cybersecurity

1. “Kaja Kallas says Ukraine is giving the free world a masterclass on cyber-defence” by Kaja Kallas (The Economist, 2023-04-17).
2. “CFPB says staffer sent 250,000 consumers’ data to personal account” by Andrew Ackerman (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-04-19).

Economics

1. “Few banks are hedging interest-rate risk” by Matt Grossman (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-04-18).
2. “How to explain the puzzle of the world ecoconomy” (The Economist, 2023-04-17).
3. “The overwhelming case for CBDCs” by Willem H. Buiter (Project Syndicate, 2023-04-18).
4. “The Bank of Japan’s remarkable decade” by Takatoshi Ito (Project Syndicate, 2023-04-21).

Science and technology : Artificial intelligence (AI)

1. “Large language models’ ability to generate text also lets them plan and reason” (The Economist, 2023-04-19).
2. “Large, creative AI models will transform lives and labour markets” (The Economist, 2023-04-22).
3. “How to worry wisely about artificial intelligence” (The Economist, 2023-04-20).
4. “How generative models could go wrong” (The Economist, 2023-04-19).
5. “How AI could change computing, culture and the course of history” (The Economist, 2023-04-20).

Science and technology : Other

1. “How can some infinities be bigger than others?” by Steven Strogatz (Quanta Magazine : The Joy of Why, 2023-04-19). Forty-six-minute audio podcast with Justin Moore. (Audio transcript included.)
2. “A new kind of symmetry shakes up physics” by Kevin Hartnett (Quanta Magazine, 2023-04-18).
3. “Plaintext” by Morgan Meaker (WIRED, 2023-04-21). On what file sharing, iTunes, and streaming did to music.
4. “Did the energy crisis accelerate the energy transition?” by Joseph Politano (Apricitas Economics, 2023-04-22).

Society

1. “What does Gen Z really think about work?” by kyla scanlon (kyla’s Newsletter, 2023-04-20).
2. “Picasso was a genius—and a beast. Can the two be separated?” (The Economist, 2023-04-05).

Other

1. “The hard truth about G2A, Kinguin, and grey market keys” by Locke Kosta (Locke’s Journey, 2016-03-17).
2. “How to regulate your nervous system” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2023-04-20).

Read — 2013/04/04 bis

Articles on the Bank of Japan:

1. “Japan Initiates Bold Bid to End Years of Tumbling Prices“, by Hiroko Tabuchi (NY Times).
2. “Bank of Japan in Bold Bid for Revival“, by Phred Dvorak, Takashi Nakamichi, and Tatsuo Ito (The Wall Street Journal).
3. “Japan’s Lessons for America’s Budget Warriors“, by John H. Makin (American Enterprise Instiute, 29 Jan 2013).