Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 14th April

Hi 

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

1. https://daily.jstor.org/how-a-giant-squid-attack-became-an-urban-legend/

2. https://aeon.co/essays/what-made-law-into-a-white-collar-sweatshop-in-the-1980s

3. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/14/companies/japan-record-corporate-bond-sales/

4. https://aeon.co/essays/the-mysticism-of-nietzsches-doctrine-of-the-eternal-return

5. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-death-of-book-world-and-why-criticism-still-matters

6. https://www.noemamag.com/quantum-existentialism/

7. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-of-slow/202604/does-working-less-bring-higher-productivity

8. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-300-million-year-old-mummified-fossil-reveals-the-origins-of-breathing-in-amniotes-180988521/

9. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/13/social-media-uk-adults-posting-less-twitter-x

10. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/hungarys-magyar-myth-makers

11. https://philosophynow.org/issues/173/Life_Sacrifice

12. https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-the-staff/thick-skulls

13. https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/humanism-in-a-posthumanist-age/articles/how-not-to-save-the-planet

14. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/the-guardian-view-on-ai-politics-us-datacentre-protests-are-a-warning-to-big-tech

15. https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-disabled-people-support-eugenics-in-the-1930s

16. https://daily.jstor.org/chinese-lion-dance-finds-new-life-in-newfoundland/

17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/strategy-in-stride/202604/the-collective-effervescence-of-artemis-ii

18. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-1776-the-declaration-of-independence-was-breaking-news-heres-how-the-founding-document-reached-the-american-public-180988494/

19. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/dollar-international-role-trajectory-resembles-roman-denarius-by-barry-eichengreen-2026-04

20. https://nautil.us/how-do-fish-know-how-to-build-nests-1279763

Short stories

1. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/tony-and-the-beetles-pdf

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Man-with-Two-Left-Feet-and-Other-Stories-by-P-G-Wodehouse

Informative videos 

1. The anti-CEO playbook https://www.ted.com/talks/hamdi_ulukaya_the_anti_ceo_playbook

2. The art and science of wine tasting https://www.ted.com/talks/qian_janice_wang_the_art_and_science_of_wine_tasting

Happy Reading