Things I Read that Maybe You Would Like to Read Too

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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

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He Was Laughed Out of Academia for This Take About Technology. Turns Out He Was Right.

He was laughed out of academia for this take about the internet. Turns out he was right.

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Mental Illness Is Not in Your Head - Boston Review

Decades of biological research haven't improved diagnosis or treatment. We should look to society, not to the brain.

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No, you’re not fine just the way you are: time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world

Most working people can be put into one of three categories, from idealistic yet unambitious to greedy and immoral. But there is another opt

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How to Raise Your Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Alison Gopnik and Melanie Mitchell | Los Angeles Review of Books

Julien Crockett interviews Alison Gopnik and Melanie Mitchell about complexity and learning in AI systems, and our roles as caregivers.

really good discussion of AI

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‘At the private hospital, the disrespect was just more subtle’: a tale of America’s two healthcare systems

I can count on one hand the number of times anyone broke the silence about the existing segregated system of healthcare. When someone did, i

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‘They teach us’: how whales can help dispel the myth of green capitalism

In her new book, Adrienne Buller argues the desire to eke profit out of climate policy is wilfully naive

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The Guardian view on the British Library’s digital archive: a new life for Chaucer | Editorial

Editorial: The latest collection to go online reveals the six centuries of influence of a medieval giant who predated the printed press

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‘What’s our common language?’ Jewish and Palestinian thinkers on where the left goes from here

As war drives a rift among progressives, Ahmed Moor and Joshua Leifer consider the future of the movement for Palestinian freedom

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Hugging the Shores | Neal Ascherson

In The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe gave the “Yamour” only a shrugging mention. Even now, it’s the least known (in the West)

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What the World Can Learn From an Italian City’s Approach to Mental Health

Trieste’s community mental health program does not define people by their illness.

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I Was Almost the Republican “Late Abortion” Boogeyman. This Is Why Women Do It.

The option saved the lives of both my babies.

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How the Supreme Court Has Denigrated Its Own Legitimacy

Will we keep listening to them?

last section on legitimacy realpolitik 

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Cornel West’s pragmatic America

Pragmatism is America’s homegrown philosophical tradition. Its lessons are as urgent as ever.

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Rail route of the month: Barcelona to Cádiz, the slow train right across Spain

Our slow travel expert takes a 12-hour odyssey from Mediterranean Catalonia – via Cervantes, bandit and sherry country – to Atlantic Andalucía

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How the left is reckoning with Russia’s war

Progressives are grappling with the US response — and America’s role in the world.

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements (EMMP), 16 October 2021