Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2022 Week October, 4th, 2022

 

Hello everyone! 

With less than 2 months for CAT 2022, many of my students ask me what they should focus on in the last 2 months. As always my message is the same - READING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READ.  

Spending time reading purposefully is the key to improving your ability to comprehend. Speed wrt reading will improve with time. Don;t focus on reading fast but on the process of reflecting on what you read. 

I invite aspirants to spend a minimum of 1,5 to 2 hours reading every day. Those who find it difficult to commit to these hours at a stretch, they should read for 45 mins at a stretch and then have more such reading sessions. 

To help students build their ability to read about different topics, I try to include articles with different writing styles from different topics. 

So, here are this week’s 20 articles.

1. https://hyperallergic.com/764867/the-fake-art-industry-is-booming-online/

2. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124082877/chess-cheating-scandal-niemann-carlsen

3. https://academic.oup.com/book/37013/chapter/322382762?login=false

4. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-philosophy-of-shittiness-on-kieran-setiyas-life-is-hard/

5. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parallels-between-stonehenge-and-japanese-jomon-era-stone-circles-180980869/

6. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/ethically-speaking/202210/do-we-spend-too-much-time-working

7. https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-communal-utopia-was-hard-work-for-its-children

8. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/10/02/commentary/world-commentary/virtual-reality/

9. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/entrenched-authoritarians-incarceration-game-by-kaushik-basu-2022-10

10. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/27/cash-london-regional-inequality-trickle-down-trussonomics-uk-economy

11. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-effective-altruism-donors-suffering-existential-risks-20221003-winktj7xjbc4fern7ubartwg5u-story.html

12. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/2/the-world-needs-a-new-solution-to-its-landmine-problem

13. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gold-coast-king-who-fought-might-europes-slave-traders-180980851/

14. https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2022/09/god-created-wholes-not-parts

15. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/communications-matter/202210/in-praise-emotional-contagion

16. https://newrepublic.com/article/167630/next-pandemic-chickens-bird-flu

17. https://aeon.co/essays/its-not-enough-to-be-the-toughest-animals-must-be-shrewd-too

18. https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-the-staff/science-curious-through-science-fiction

19. https://www.americanscientist.org/article/performing-power

20. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/populism-threat-to-climate-policies-in-brazil-europe-united-states-by-izabella-teixeira-et-al-2022-09