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I share links to articles I find interesting..
(Mostly same as my Twitter/Vedanth since 2007..)
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www.businessinsider.com/dark-side-sh...
The use of psychedelics in medicine is booming. Will it heal trauma, or create even more?
Psychedelic medicine is booming. Will it heal trauma, or create even more?
www.businessinsider.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Whatevership www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Becca Rothfeld · Whatevership: Tony Tulathimutte’s Anti-autofiction
Tulathimutte recognises that the internet has all the elements of great fiction: Talmudic feats of interpretation,...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Business of Betting on Catastrophe thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-business... #Economics #Finance #PublicHealth via @mitpress.bsky.social
The Business of Betting on Catastrophe
World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investors turn calamity into capital.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
July 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry. It turned into my most extraordinary night as a critic www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
This is what happened when Thomas Keller asked me to leave the French Laundry
Thomas Keller is a legendary chef. Chronicle critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan hadn’t met him, until she went to the French Laundry and he asked her to leave.
www.sfchronicle.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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May 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How Nintendo Bled Atari Games to Death thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-nintendo... #Gaming #Law #OpenAccess #VideoGames via @mitpress.bsky.social
How Nintendo Bled Atari Games to Death
Behind every great console is a great legal fight.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/books/intera...
A peek inside Robert Caro’s home library, hidden shelves and all
The historian shows off the most precious volumes in his collection — including a library book that has been overdue for at least 50 years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Jaideep Ahlawat shares some amazing stuff about his craft..
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January 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Pico Iyer Made His Name Traveling. Now He Explores Inner Landscapes. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...
Pico Iyer Made His Name Traveling. Now He Explores Inner Landscapes.
His new book, “Aflame,” tells of his decades visiting a silent Benedictine retreat. “You learn to love the world only by looking at it closely,” he wrote.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The mysterious rise of the Chinese ecommerce giant behind Temu - on.ft.com/4c0bPPY via @FT
The mysterious rise of the Chinese ecommerce giant behind Temu
Its finances are a black box and its operations shrouded in secrecy, but PDD’s extraordinary growth has made it a darling of Wall Street
on.ft.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:27 PM
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Airline Rewards Game Is Getting Tougher to Win
Once-simple programs have become convoluted shadow currencies for carriers like Delta, American and United, leaving loyal flyers working harder to land deals.
www.bloomberg.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:22 PM
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
H&M’s Comeback Plan: Try to Be Cooler
The fashion brand is dealing with an identity crisis and stagnating sales. Can associating with musicians like Charli XCX help?
www.wsj.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM
www.wsj.com/politics/bid...
How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge
Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined.
www.wsj.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-17/wall-street-rally-wipes-away-a-year-of-fed-induced-losses
Wall Street Rally Wipes Away a Year of Fed-Induced Losses
Investors have just turned back the clock on the Fed’s tightening campaign and cast aside the Fed fears that ruled them for 15 months.
www.bloomberg.com
June 18, 2023 at 1:35 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/books/gabrielle-zevin-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow.html
How a Novel About Video Games Became a Surprise Best Seller
Gabrielle Zevin didn’t expect a wide audience for “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” her novel about game developers. It became a blockbuster with staying power.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2023 at 4:52 AM
Buffett’s intriguing bet on Japan - https://on.ft.com/3MFY7Gh via @FT
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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
on.ft.com
May 28, 2023 at 6:58 AM
How some people get away with doing nothing at work
https://www.vox.com/money/23733244/bullshit-jobs-work-employment-lazy-jobless-employed-nothing-to-do
How some people get away with doing nothing at work
All hail the jobless employed.
www.vox.com
May 27, 2023 at 4:40 AM
Meta’s new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/22/1073471/metas-new-ai-models-can-recognize-and-produce-speech-for-more-than-1000-languages/
Meta’s new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages
They could help lead to speech apps for many more languages than exist now.
www.technologyreview.com
May 25, 2023 at 11:58 PM
A Brief History of Long Movies
Via FTAlphaville

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-long-movies-180982213/
A Brief History of Long Movies
At the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, "Killers of the Flower Moon" will become the latest movie to ask just how much time we ought to give it
www.smithsonianmag.com
May 25, 2023 at 11:56 PM
Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-it-real-or-imagined-how-your-brain-tells-the-difference-20230524/
Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference. | Quanta Magazine
New experiments show that the brain distinguishes between perceived and imagined mental images by checking whether they cross a “reality threshold.”
www.quantamagazine.org
May 25, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Investors are so horny for AI that they’ve invested $175mn in OpenAI’s VC fund - https://on.ft.com/3MWV4uu via @FT
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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
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May 25, 2023 at 11:42 PM
The fall of Vice: private equity’s ill-fated bet on media’s future - https://on.ft.com/3WEMJ1W via @FT
May 25, 2023 at 11:40 PM
Hello blueskies
May 25, 2023 at 2:31 AM