Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 5th May

Hi 

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

1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/renaissance-art-linked-beauty-with-virtue-and-ugliness-with-vice-see-how-painters-from-leonardo-da-vinci-to-botticelli-viewed-physical-attractiveness-180988584/

2. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/5/states-should-tax-windfall-oil-profits-to-fund-their-way-out-of-the-crisis

3. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/the-guardian-view-on-the-green-transition-politicians-should-speed-it-up-and-households-too

4. https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/science-culture/minerals-and-myths

5. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ataraxia/202605/the-hedgehog-dilemma

6. https://www.noemamag.com/what-separates-the-great-from-the-petty-in-history/

7. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/ai/ai-outperforms-doctors-diagnosis-harvard-study

8. https://thepointmag.com/criticism/ideas-of-slavery-john-samuel-harpham/

9. https://aeon.co/essays/why-creativity-shines-out-on-the-edge-of-things

10. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/behind-times/end-usaid

11. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/1/may-day-in-the-age-of-ai-the-new-war-on-workers

12. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/05/jeff-bezos-real-villain-the-devil-wears-prada-2

13. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-is-authorship-when-machines-can-write/

14. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brainstorm/202604/successful-people-fail-the-most

15. https://aeon.co/essays/the-underground-bankers-who-reshape-the-flow-of-global-money

16. https://daily.jstor.org/sassafras-from-scent-to-science-in-american-medicine/

17. https://daily.jstor.org/why-does-music-in-science-fiction-sound-like-that/

18. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sun-tzu-advice-for-donald-trump-era-china-summit-by-stephen-s-roach-2026-04

19. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/05/game-changer-good-health-scientists-we-are-when-we-eat

20. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-of-leadership/202504/the-psychology-of-free-speech

Short stories

1. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Cyberene

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/The-Man-in-the-Iron-Mask-by-Alexandre-Dumas

Informative videos 

1. Why AI is unlikely to become conscious https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_why_ai_is_unlikely_to_become_conscious

2. Reimagining traditional architecture for modern needs https://www.ted.com/talks/riyad_joucka_reimagining_traditional_architecture_for_modern_needs

Happy Reading