Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2026 - 20th May

 Hi 

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

1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/the-guardian-view-on-middlemarch-the-greatest-novel-in-the-english-language

2. https://daily.jstor.org/the-violent-history-behind-nutmeg/

3. https://aeon.co/essays/china-and-the-sea-a-story-of-power-faith-and-appetite

4. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sven-beckert-capitalism-history-future/

5. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/28/asian-mothers-bad-feelings-tiger-mom-stereotype

6. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/global-power-britain-brexit

7. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/16/amid-the-fertiliser-crisis-africa-has-a-chemical-free-option

8. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-to-think-like-a-neandertal/202605/do-numbers-constitute-a-sixth-sense

9. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-english-king-minted-these-coins-to-ward-off-a-viking-invasion-instead-the-seafaring-raiders-turned-the-pennies-into-jewelry-180988716/

10. https://philosophynow.org/issues/173/Why_Do_People_Hate_Hypocrisy

11. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2026/04/23/spacexs-ipo-could-leave-tesla-eating-rocket-dust/

12. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-war-has-left-russia-isolated-and-weakened-by-nina-l-khrushcheva-2026-05

13. https://aeon.co/essays/for-sergiu-klainerman-maths-is-a-fact-to-be-divined

14. https://daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-robot-come-from-oz/

15. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/following-16th-century-seabirds

16. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202605/why-we-cant-pay-atention

17. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/13/the-class-politics-of-modern-outbreaks

18. https://aeon.co/essays/to-fund-human-rights-we-need-a-global-fair-tax-convention

19. https://daily.jstor.org/the-forgotten-untouchables-of-france/

20. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/does-the-experience-of-beauty-show-up-in-the-brain-with-electrodes-and-a-museum-collection-of-artifacts-these-neuroscientists-aim-to-find-out-180988737/

Short stories

1. https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/book/the-mysterious-stranger/summary

2. https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen/short-story/what-the-moon-saw

Informative videos 

1. Why humans should merge with AI https://www.ted.com/talks/d_scott_phoenix_why_humans_should_merge_with_ai

2. A simple solution to fix workplace miscommunication https://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_m_mikus_a_simple_solution_to_fix_workplace_miscommunication

Happy Reading