Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 24th February

Hi 

Sharing this week’s list of 20 articles, short stories and informative videos

1. https://www.persuasion.community/p/why-i-stopped-believing-in-fallacies

2. https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-think-is-a-decline-in-literacy-is-a-design-problem

3. https://theamericanscholar.org/the-twilight-self/

4. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/14/toxicity-social-media-ethical-racism-misogyny-far-right

5. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/23/el-menchos-killing-wont-solve-mexicos-cartel-problem-or-anything-else

6. https://aeon.co/essays/instrumentalisation-is-making-everything-a-means-to-an-end

7. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/blindspotting/202602/why-leaders-struggle-with-prioritization-not-time-management

8. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/organized-labor-took-huge-step-forward-when-GM-workers-sat-down-unison-1937-180988089/

9. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-should-shovel-the-snow-this-weird-math-puzzle-can-help/

10. https://philosophynow.org/issues/172/Heisenbergs_Philosophy_of_Quantum_Mechanics

11. https://daily.jstor.org/how-gender-discrimination-works-at-work/

12. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/02/20/digital/game-pokemon-anniversary-nintendo/

13. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/those-who-can-teach-history

14. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-giant-carnivore-ran-on-hooves-scientists-are-investigating-its-massive-skull-and-crushing-teeth-to-decipher-the-beasts-true-nature-180988212/

15. https://www.noemamag.com/why-human-intuition-is-still-sciences-greatest-tool-in-the-age-of-ai/

16. https://daily.jstor.org/drought-and-indigenous-migration-in-the-american-midwest/

17. https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/lords-of-the-ring-joshua-hunt-cultural-politics-sumo-wrestling/

18. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/20/atrocities-el-fasher-sudan-predictable

19. https://aeon.co/essays/ecologys-war-on-invasive-species-isnt-science

20. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navigating-the-serpentine-path/202602/why-does-therapy-keep-reinventing-itself

Short stories

1. https://americanliterature.com/author/sir-arthur-conan-doyle/short-story/my-friend-the-murderer

2. https://americanliterature.com/author/arnold-bennett/short-story/hot-potatoes

Informative videos 

1. A surprisingly effective way to fight misinformation https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_jorgenson_a_surprisingly_effective_way_to_fight_misinformation

2. Why I want to bring lions back to my village https://www.ted.com/talks/seif_hamisi_why_i_want_to_bring_lions_back_to_my_village

Happy Reading