Reading Matters

Hello everyone!  This week’s reading list - 20 articles and short stories Here are the articles https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/23/indonesias-tiktok-shop-ban-shows-mixed-feelings-on-e-commerce-revolution https://aeon.co/essays/a-rebel-spirit-and-an-artists-eye-russell-pages-landscape-design https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/animal-emotions/202310/its-time-to-move-on-from-male-biased-views-of-animal-behavior https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/why-united-states-hostile-socialism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/29/the-guardian-view-on-labours-rethink-on-the-right-to-roam-a-step-in-the-wrong-direction https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/israelis-palestinians-greatest-danger-since-1948 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/race-to-the-sky-the-worlds-tallest-buildings-180983131/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/africa/world-war https://psmag.com/environment/how-much-can-dietary-changes-and-food-production-practices-help-mitiga

Hello everyone!  This week’s reading list - 20 articles and short stories Here are the articles https://thepointmag.com/criticism/perilous-joy/ https://aeon.co/essays/why-chinese-minds-still-bear-the-long-shadow-of-keju https://daily.jstor.org/inventing-antarctica/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/china-property-bubble-born-of-policy-mistakes-broader-demographic-crisis-by-yi-fuxian-2023-09 https://harpers.org/archive/2023/11/mere-belief/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/23/build-the-life-you-want-the-art-and-science-of-getting-happier-oprah-winfrey-and-arthur-c-brooks-book-review https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/17/the-mask-is-off-gaza-has-exposed-the-hypocrisy-of-international-law https://aeon.co/essays/bernard-williams-moral-relativism-and-the-culture-wars https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/22/empty-classroom-seats-reveal-long-shadow-of-covid-chaos-on-children https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/head-strong/202310/when-leaders-fail-i

Hello everyone!  This week’s reading list - 20 articles and short stories Here are the articles https://www.noemamag.com/after-the-human/ https://aeon.co/essays/how-peer-support-can-help-with-the-mental-health-care-crisis https://daily.jstor.org/how-a-paris-meet-changed-womens-track-and-field/ https://www.neh.gov/article/storm-patrol https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/16/the-big-idea-why-do-we-find-cuteness-so-hard-to-resist https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-married-bachelor-proves-that-unicorns-exist/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/holding-fossil-fuel-companies-accountable-by-dickens-kamugisha-2023-10 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/why-i-quit-english-habit-apologising-germany https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/why-i-quit-english-habit-apologising-germany https://aeon.co/essays/wh

Hello everyone!  This week’s reading list - 20 articles and short stories Here are the articles https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/lester-del-rey-invention-fantasy-book-publishing.html https://www.bookforum.com/print/2701/why-don-delillo-deserves-the-nobel-23926 https://aeon.co/essays/should-academic-disciplines-have-both-a-purpose-and-a-finish-date https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/09/our-hideous-progeny-ce-mcgill-book-review-reproduction-louisa-hall-mary-and-the-birth-of-frankenstein-anne-eekhout https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/fine-sounding-language https://daily.jstor.org/how-portuguese-slave-traders-changed-ethiopia-and-congo/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-digital-self/202310/asimovs-three-laws-of-robotics-applied-to-ai https://philosophynow.org/issues/158/Where_Do_Philosophers_Get_Their_Ideas https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/05/rishi-sunak-a-level-exam-hs2-educational-advanced-british-standard https://aeon.co/essays/alien-life

Hello everyone!  This week’s reading list - 20 articles and short stories Here are the articles https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/early-days-american-english https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-developers-fiction-poetry-scale-ai-appen/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/09/29/affirmative-action-diverse-doctors-vital-public-health-national-security/70903977007/ https://themillions.com/2023/09/the-generative-joys-of-bookbinding.html https://daily.jstor.org/the-invention-of-the-gifted-child/ https://aeon.co/essays/why-it-pays-to-read-for-acrostics-in-the-classics https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/free-speech-and-bad-meats/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/02/the-guardian-view-on-phones-in-schools-like-the-devices-this-ban-is-a-distraction https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/02/the-perfect-joy-of-negativity-friendships-emma-beddington https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/your-wise-brain/202310/how-your-brain-reacts-to-threats h