Weekend Reading: 7th / 8th March 2026
Writing worth reading
“The more subtle lesson is that fields have natural rhythms that are beyond the power of individuals to resist. Fields have golden ages and not so golden ages, and you’re much more likely to do good work in a field that’s on the way up”.
Noam Chomsky Denied a Genocide, Advised Epstein, and Paid No Price by Garry Tan
“What Happens to People Who Get It Right? Orwell struggled to publish Animal Farm because it offended Soviet sympathizers. Camus was shunned by the French left for denouncing labor camps; Sartre mocked him publicly. Solzhenitsyn was expelled from his country for documenting what Chomsky was busy doubting”.
[Outliers] Phil Knight: The Obsession That Built Nike by Shane Parrish
“The art of competing … was the art of forgetting. … You must forget your limits. You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past. You must forget that internal voice screaming, begging, “Not one more step!” And when it’s not possible to forget it, you must negotiate with it”.
Upcoming meals with 9others
Cotswolds — Thursday 19th March 2026 — details and signup here.
Amsterdam — Monday 23rd March 2026 — details and signup here.
London — Wednesday 25th March 2026 — details and signup here.
Zurich — Wednesday 25th March 2026 — details and signup here.
Manchester — Tue 21st Apr 2026— details and signup here.
