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6 June 2024

Read : 2024-06-06

Articles for reference

Arts

  1. “NYC Ballet’s Mira Nadon on George Balanchine’s Rubies: Anatomy of a dance” by nycballet (YouTube, 2023-09-06).
  2. “Why dancers love performing Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’” by Royal Opera House (YouTube, 2017-04-12).

Books

  1. “Imposing order on grief” by Iona Italia (Quillette, 2024-05-22). A review of Rob Henderson’s book “Troubled”.

Business and investing

  1. “Should you buy expensive stocks?” (The Economist, 2024-06-05).
  2. “Bit Tech companies unplug stock market from reality” by James Mackintosh (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-04).
  3. “How to write the perfect CV” (The Economist, 2024-05-30).
  4. “When to sell your stocks” (The Economist, 2024-05-30).
  5. “AI skills bring higher pay, more interview offers, study says” by Carolyn Crist (CIO Dive, 2024-05-24).
  6. “ISC2 reveals global ISC2 certification salaries” (ISC2, 2024-05-07). Note that regional aggregation masks within-region differences in cost of living.
  7. “Meme stocks are a thing—again” by Hannah Miao, Gunjan Banerji (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-08-05).

Cybersecurity

  1. “CVE exploits, stolen credentials fueled ransomware surge in 2023” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-06-04).
  2. “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).
  3. “‘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).
  4. “Detecting and preventing unauthorized user access” by Brad Jones (Snowflake, 2024-06-02).
  5. “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.
  6. “Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span” by Dan Goodin (Ars Technica, 2024-05-30).
  7. “Critical CVEs are going under-analyzed as NIST falls behind” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-05-28).
  8. “Hackers created rogue VMs to evade detection in recent MITRE cyber attack” by Newsroom (The Hacker News, 2024-05-24).
  9. “CVE exploitation nearly tripled in 2023, Verizon finds” by David Jones (Cybersecurity Dive, 2024-05-01).

Economics

  1. “ADP national employment report—May 2024” (ADP Research Institute, 2024-06-05).
  2. “Why China’s overcapacity problem is about to get even worse, in seven charts” by Nathaniel Taplin (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-04).
  3. “Is America’s economy heading for a consumer crunch?” (The Economist, 2024-06-04).
  4. “Job openings and labor turnover—April 2024” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024-06-04).
  5. “Personal income and outlays, April 2024” (US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024-05-31).

Education

  1. “Google invests $15M to train new cyber pros” by Sam Sabin (Axios, 2024-06-04).
  2. “Next up for House renewal: Eliot” by Eileen O’Grady (The Harvard Gazette, 2024-05-30).
  3. “Deep reading will save your soul” by William Deresiewicz (Persuasion, 2024-05-29).
  4. “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.
  5. “Institutional voice” by Alan M. Garber et al. (Harvard : Office of the President, 2024-05-28).

Health, medicine, and wellness

  1. “Tom Cech: RNA takes center stage” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2024-06-05). 49m audio recording with transcript; link to video recording.
  2. “Why the pandemic probably started in a lab, in 5 key points” by Alina Chan (The New York Times, 2024-06-03).
  3. “Long covid at 3 years” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2024-05-30).
  4. “Venki Ramakrishnan: The new science of aging” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2024-05-28). 50 m audio recording with transcript.

Law

  1. “The Supreme Court is about to decide the future of free speech” by Nadine Strossen (Persuasion, 2024-06-04).

Politics : BGP

  1. “FCC vote on tap for rules to secure fundamental component of the internet” by Tim Starks (CyberScoop, 2024-06-04).
  2. “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

  1. “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).
  2. “The goal for China’s chip giant: Cut out the U.S.” by Yoko Kubota (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
  3. “The U.S. gave chip makers billions. Now comes the hard part.” by Asa Fitch (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-02).
  4. “The global chips battle, in charts” by Nate Rattner, Jiyoung Sohn (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-02).

Politics : India

  1. “The morning” by Alex Travelli (The New York Times, 2024-06-06). Subtitled, “Modi’s choices”.
  2. “A triumph for Indian democracy” (The Economist, 2024-06-05).
  3. “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

  1. “Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide” (The Economist, 2024-06-03).
  2. “Mexico’s new president is an enigma” by Quico Toro (Persuasion, 2024-06-03).

Politics : Trump’s NY trial

  1. “William Galston on 2024 and Trump’s conviction” by Yascha Mounk (Persuasion, 2024-06-01). 1h29m audio recording with transcript.
  2. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times 2024-05-31). Subtitled, “We’re covering Trump’s conviction…”.
  3. “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).
  4. “A guilty verdict for Trump and its consequences for the country” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-30).

Politics : Other

  1. “Why no one will save Sudan” by Cameron Hudson (Persuasion, 2024-06-05).
  2. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2024-06-05). Subtitled, “The asylum loophole”.
  3. “The sad case of Hunter Biden” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-05).
  4. “Merrick Garland, three special counsels and a Justice Department under fire” by Sadie Gurman, Aruna Viswanatha (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-04).
  5. “Hong Kong smothers dissent ahead of the Tiananmen anniversary” (The Economist, 2024-06-03).
  6. “Trump conviction and Biden tapes put new pressure on Mike Johnson” by Katy Stech Farek (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
  7. “Israel, Palestine, and the sub-rational” by Michael G. Holzman (Persuasion, 2024-05-31).
  8. “Happy fun Cold War 2 update” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2024-05-29).
  9. “Blacklisted Chinese companies rebrand as American to dodge crackdown” by Heather Somerville (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-29).
  10. “How to live in a world where Trump is winning” by Quico Toro (Persuasion, 2024-05-28).
  11. “AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board” by Helen Toner, Tasha McCauley (The Economist, 2024-05-26).

Science

  1. “Biologists are unfolding life’s molecular shapes” by Yasemin Saplakoglu (Quanta Magazine, 2024-05-28).

Society

  1. “How many of our ‘facts’ about society, health, and the economy are fake?” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2024-06-06). Paywalled.
  2. “Does curiosity make you read more hard news? How about anxiety?” by Joshua Benton (Nieman Lab, 2024-06-04).
  3. “Don’t be a stranger: The power of renewing old friendships” by Rob Henderson (The Boston Globe, 2024-05-29).
  4. “Yes, experts will lie to you sometimes” by Noah Smith (Noahpinion, 2021-03-28).

Technology

  1. “The AI revolution is already losing steam” by Christopher Mims (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-31).
  2. “The Daylight tablet returns computing to its hippie ideals” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2024-05-31).
  3. “Can Elon Musk’s xAI take on OpenAI?” (The Economist, 2024-05-29).
  4. “These Internet browsers promise privacy. What does that actually mean?” by Cheryl Winokur Munk (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-28).
  5. “Big Tech’s budding AI monopoly” by William P. Barr (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-05-27).
  6. “Don’t believe the biggest myth about heat pumps” by Matt Simon (WIRED, 2024-05-24).
  7. “Privacy experts sound the alarm over Microsoft’s latest AI tool” by Samantha Kelly (CNN, 2024-05-22).

Other

  1. “The struggle makes the reward” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2024-06-05).
  2. “The best noise-canceling headphones” by Nick Guy, Geoffrey Morrison (The Wall Street Journal, 2024-06-03).
  3. “Take the work seriously. Yourself? Not so much.” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2024-05-28).
  4. “Reflections on Sozhenitsyn’s Harvard address” by Sergiu Klainerman (Quillette, 2020-10-24).
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13 December 2023

Read : 2023-12-13

Articles for reference

Current events

  1. “Statement from the Harvard Corporation: Our president” by the Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard University, 2023-12-12).
  2. “The OpenAI board member who clashed with Sam Altman shares her side” by Meghan Bobrowsky, Deepa Seetharaman (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-12-07).
  3. “The Morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-12-07). Subtitled, “We’re covering the civilian death toll in Gaza…”.

Cybersecurity

  1. “FBI to field SEC cyber incident disclosure delay requests” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2023-12-12).
  2. “Our top 10 blogs of 2023” (AT&T Cybersecurity, 2023-12-08).
  3. “Data breaches fallout reach new heights as the number of exposed records soars” by Matt Kapko (Cybersecurity Dive, 2023-12-08).
  4. “Dragos launches program to provide water, electric utilities with free cybersecurity tools” by James Rundle (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-12-06).
  5. “SEC cyber disclosure rules are taking effect: Here’s what to expect” by Naomi Eide (Cybersecurity Dive, 2023-08-31).

Economics

  1. “Producer price index—November 2023” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-12-13).
  2. “Consumer Price Index—November 2023” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-12-12).
  3. “The Fed can’t put off preparing for rate cuts” by Justin Lahart (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-12-09).
  4. “The employment situation—November 2023” (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-12-08).
  5. “The most important debate on Wall Street: Is inflation licked?” by Sam Goldfarb (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-12-07).
  6. “Three economic risks facing America in 2024” by Simon Rabinovitch (The Economist, 2023-11-13).

Education

  1. “The morning” by David Leonhardt (The New York Times, 2023-12-12). Subtitled, “We’re covering the debate over speech and safety on college campuses…”.

Medicine

  1. “David Liu: A master class on the future of genome editing” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2023-12-10). 48m audio recording with transcript.

Politics

  1. “How to fix Section 702 surveillance” by the Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-12-11).
  2. “The real Trump risk for Republicans” by The Editorial Board (The Wall Street Journal, 2023-12-07).

Science

  1. “Science Digest” by Steve Magness (The Growth Equation, 2023-12-10).
  2. “The (often) overlooked experiment that revealed the quantum world” by Zack Savitsky (Quanta Magazine, 2023-12-05).

Society

  1. “One in five young Americans think the Holocaust is a myth” (The Economist, 2023-12-07). According to the article, a recent YouGov/Economist survey of Americans found that “20% of respondents aged 18–29 think that the Holocaust is a myth” and “[a]n additional 30% of young Americans said they do not know whether the Holocaust is a myth”.
    The author continues, “Perhaps surprisingly, education levels do not appear to be the culprit”. This brings to mind a talk by Julia Galef: “Soldiers and scouts: Why our minds weren’t built for truth, and how we can change that” (Apple Podcasts, 2018-09-19). Education may not solve these problems—in fact, it may make them worse. According to Ms. Galef, identifying and tackling motivated reasoning would be more effective. Identifying and tackling the incentives people face is also important. Specifically, if people are blind to motivated reasoning, and if they see their identity and social position as relying on certain beliefs, then they are unlikely to change those beliefs—perhaps especially if they consider themselves to be “smarter” than the average bear.
  2. “It’s more than just vibes” by kyla scanlon (Kyla’s Newsletter, 2023-12-07).

Technology

  1. “6 IT experts share what’s next in cloud, generative AI and tech talent” by Roberto Torres (CIO Dive, 2023-12-11).
  2. “Welcome to the ad-free internet” (The Economist, 2023-12-11).
  3. “Plaintext” by Steven Levy (WIRED, 2023-12-08). On NotebookLM.
  4. “Geoffrey Hinton: Large language models in medicine. They understand and have empathy” by Eric Topol (Ground Truths, 2023-12-08).
  5. “There will be a surplus of tech workers by 2026, executives project” by Roberto Torres (CIO Dive, 2023-12-07).

Other

  1. “The Machiavellian maze” by Rob Henderson (Rob Henderson’s Newsletter, 2023-12-10).
  2. “You need rituals and routines now more than ever” by Brad Stulberg (The Growth Equation, 2023-12-07).
  3. “Lessons in decision-making: Confident people aren’t always correct (except when they are)” by Kara Baskin (Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, 2023-12-05).
  4. “Rationality reading list” (Center for Applied Rationality, ????).
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