Weekend Reading

Writing worth reading - 18th/19th July 2020

• The joy of equity by The Economist

  • “VCs expect the Future Fund to turn a profit as well as helping sustain the startup sector”

• Orthodox Privilege by Paul Graham

  • “People can overcome the blindness induced by most forms of privilege by learning more about whatever they're not. But they can't overcome orthodox privilege just by learning more”

• How Capitalism Drives Cancel Culture by Helen Lewis

  • “The removal of Weinstein from his company, and his subsequent conviction for rape, is a good outcome. But the mechanism it revealed is more morally ambiguous”

• Out of office: has the homeworking revolution finally arrived? by Joe Moran

  • “Their voices, as unique in timbre as a fingerprint in the real world, all sound tinny through a computer speaker. Everything feels slightly askew”