Yuval Noah Harari on what the year 2050 has in store for humankind

In an excerpt from his new book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari argues that we must teach our children how to develop the mental and emotional flexibility to cope with the profound uncertainty to come.
Source: Wired UK
Published: Aug 12, 2018
Length: 13 minutes (3,423 words)

Broken Time

Steve Silberman’s deep-dive into Bill Evans, one of the most enigmatic figures in jazz, is a fantastic read that examines the intersection of what happens when virtuosic talent inexplicably falls short. Silberman also probes his own obsession with ‘Nardis,’ a complex arrangement which Miles Davis, who employed Evans as a member of his sextet, said the pianist could play “the way it was meant to be played.”

Source: The Believer
Published: Aug 1, 2018
Length: 24 minutes (6,184 words)

What It’s Like to Wallow in Your Own Facebook Data

Anna Wiener explores what 13 years of the data she’s given Facebook can give back to her.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Aug 8, 2018
Length: 6 minutes (1,513 words)

Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies

A profile of filmmaker Nicole Holofcener, whose movies — from her 1996 debut, “Walking and Talking,” to the as yet to be released “Land of Steady Habits” — are informed to varying degrees by her own experiences.

Author: Ariel Levy
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 6, 2018
Length: 23 minutes (5,888 words)

Dinosaurs: The Making of TV’s Saddest, Strangest Sitcom Finale

In 1994, a group of talking dinosaurs warned humanity about the end of our world.

Source: Vulture
Published: Aug 7, 2018
Length: 4 minutes (1,173 words)

War Without End

“The Pentagon’s failed campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan left a generation of soldiers with little to fight for but one another.”

Published: Aug 7, 2018
Length: 45 minutes (11,261 words)

In Conversation: Kathleen Turner

“I never really studied acting… In fact, the master classes I do, my course is called Practical Acting. You shut up and do it.”

Source: Vulture
Published: Aug 7, 2018
Length: 21 minutes (5,400 words)

Inside the Very Big, Very Controversial Business of Dog Cloning

“Barbra Streisand is not alone. At a South Korean laboratory, a once-disgraced doctor is replicating hundreds of deceased pets for the rich and famous. It’s made for more than a few questions of bioethics.”

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Aug 7, 2018
Length: 17 minutes (4,352 words)

Death to the Open Floor Plan

Maybe having rooms with doors that close and the attendant modicum of privacy wasn’t so bad after all.

Source: CityLab
Published: Aug 6, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,342 words)

Welcome to Hotel Millennial

Enjoy the bunk beds and the single bespoke clothes hanger.

Source: The Outline
Published: Aug 6, 2018
Length: 13 minutes (3,350 words)