90+% value comes from 10% of what we read. Here’s my favorites from November-December.
Books
- 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
- Mystery thriller book before the movie
- Tracks men’s interaction with extraterrestrials yet still an incredible plot driven story that holds up throughout time
Articles
- Save Daylight Saving time by Nate Silver
- Clearing up common misconceptions about Daylight Savings time (actually the time during the summer months) and that what most people advocate for is eliminating standard time
- Has fascinating data on average sunlight and sunset times and how different regions throughout the US have expressed differences in their control over time
- The Giant Basket Case Countries by Noah Smith
- More and more of the world’s population is expected to live in poorer countries. Summed up best by one incredible chart
- Monks in the Casino by Derek Thompson
- The changes and difficulties that young men in the 21st century have faced
- What really matters for reducing your risk of death by Peter Attia
- Where we should focus our time to live longer and how this isn’t covered in the media
- AI could be the railroads of the 21st century by Derek Thompson
- The buildout of AI has already spent more money than almost anything in US history except the railroad and already surpasses the Manhattan project
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