Weekend Reading: 14th / 15th March 2026

Mar 13, 2026

Theory of Power by Mike Solana
- “But of course this was never about funding healthcare…”
When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and Gabriella Rosen Kellerman
- “Our findings are both a guide and a warning. Used thoughtfully, this data can help design AI-driven workflows to diminish burnout. They also point toward specific manager, team, and organizational practices to avoid mental fatigue even as AI work intensifies”.
What I learned over lunch with Warren Buffett by Lucy Handley
- “I was so nervous: I was afraid he wouldn’t like me. I’d not been in a room with a guy who was a billionaire approximately 70 times over. Every time he looked at me, I wanted to kind of jump or pinch myself. He’s a very particular personality, and he was totally focused on making the lunch worthwhile for us”.
Justifying Optimism by Morgan Housel
- “One of the most dangerous mental traps is the appealing fiction – something that’s false or uncertain but you want it to be true so desperately that you believe it as an established fact”.

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