Reading List for November (Week 1) by Rochelle D’souza

Hello 

For those of you taking the CAT 2021, this month is very important wrt reading. Continue reading right through these months and ensure that you allocate time to read. This is very important and has many benefits. 

Reading will not only help you concentrate and also build the ability to immediately focus on the task. Many times when we begin an exam, we may be distracted but those who spend time reading develop the ability to learn to focus immediately on the task presented to them. 

Reading for 1.5 to 2 hours in a day will help you build your stamina to sit through the exams. Since you have spent a few hours reading continuously, you will be able to sail through an exam paper easily. 

There are many more benefits of reading but the one I consider most important is that reading broadens your horizons, makes you more empathetic and a better person. 

This week I am sharing a list of 21 articles and will recommend you read a 

The list for this week has 21 articles 

Articles

1. https://time.com/6111851/greta-thunberg-vanessa-nakate-open-letter-media/

2. https://thehumanist.com/commentary/commentary-the-myth-of-free-will

3. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/

4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-heroes-and-villains/202110/foot-in-the-squid-game

5. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/01/climate-disaster-resilient-societies-love-technology-human-survival

6. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/paris-agreement-governments-must-boost-climate-credibility-by-jean-pisani-ferry-2021-10?a_la=english&a_d=617bfea75c65ee20d7b5122c&a_m=&a_a=click&a_s=&a_p=%2Farchive&a_li=paris-agreement-governments-must-boost-climate-credibility-by-jean-pisani-ferry-2021-10&a_pa=archive-results&a_ps=&a_ms=&a_r=

7. https://daily.jstor.org/why-vote-lessons-from-indian-villages/

8. https://aeon.co/essays/imagination-isnt-the-icing-on-the-cake-of-human-cognition

9. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-scream-explored-the-exploitative-nature-of-the-nightly-news-180978960/

10. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/moral-landscapes/202110/indigenous-self-actualization-is-communal

11. https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/in-defense-of-meritocracy/

12. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/arts/dawn-of-everything-graeber-wengrow.html

13. https://daily.jstor.org/the-evolution-of-the-mad-scientist/

14. https://aeon.co/essays/must-we-accept-the-loss-of-beloved-heritage-to-the-climate-crisis

15. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cop26-mayors-cities-key-in-fight-against-climate-change-by-mike-bloomberg-and-frans-timmermans-2021-10?a_la=english&a_d=617bc70c857cd4fe7022642b&a_m=&a_a=click&a_s=&a_p=%2Farchive&a_li=cop26-mayors-cities-key-in-fight-against-climate-change-by-mike-bloomberg-and-frans-timmermans-2021-10&a_pa=archive-results&a_ps=&a_ms=&a_r=

16. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/brazil/2021-11-01/democracy-dying-brazil

17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-justice-and-responsibility-league/202110/would-greta-thunberg-advocate-picking-trash-in-the

18. https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-to-fix-social-media

19. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/opinion/metaverse-facebook.html

20. https://daily.jstor.org/how-crime-stories-foiled-reform-in-victorian-britain/

21. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-name-change-to-meta-reflects-common-corporate-tactic-11635448572?mod=hp_minor_pos2

Additional reading is from the Nobel Prize website 

• https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2021/popular-information/

• https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2021/popular-information/

• https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/prize-announcement/

Happy Reading