Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 23rd/24th September 2023
A Year Of New Avenues by Robin Sloan
“It’s plain that neither the big tech companies nor the startup financiers are going to produce the “ways of relating” that will matter in the next decade. Almost by definition, any experiment that’s truly pathbreaking and provocative is too weird and tiny for them to suffer. They are trapped in their stupendous scale; lucky us…”
Sailor Isabelle Autissier: ‘The ocean is the axis around which my life has turned’ by Victor Mallet
“That makes you a good skipper, I say, as we embark on our entrées — butternut velouté for Autissier and a delicate crabmeat starter with a hint of wasabi for me. We are engrossed in our conversation, and she is as matter-of-fact about food as she is about sailing and death.…”
Podcasts aren’t as smart as you think by Janan Ganesh
“It should be obvious what is going on. People are willing to do almost anything other than read at length…”
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