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

Hi 

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

1. https://aeon.co/essays/zhuangzi-and-the-case-against-meritocracy

2. https://www.commentary.org/articles/joseph-epstein/plagiarism-writing-politics-arts/

3. https://aeon.co/essays/literature-fans-should-welcome-ai-as-a-fellow-wordsmith

4. https://daily.jstor.org/the-making-of-the-muscular-farmer/

5. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwins-subterranean-world/202606/the-arc-of-evolutionary-psychology

6. https://philosophynow.org/issues/86/Nietzsche_Love_Guilt_and_Redemption

7. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-magical-curse-written-in-greek-on-a-small-lead-tablet-was-meant-to-punish-enemies-nearly-2000-years-ago-180989001/

8. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/crusade-hormuz

9. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/alumni-profiles/harvard-joseph-murray-transplantation

10. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-kingdom/new-prime-minister-same-problem

11. https://www.noemamag.com/why-conflict-feels-constant-now/

12. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/06/24/sumo/tsurugisho-retirement-attention/

13. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/6/23/the-weight-of-the-three-lions-football-colonialism-diaspora

14. https://aeon.co/essays/not-everything-is-trauma-language-needs-to-mean-something

15. https://daily.jstor.org/the-nuclear-test-site-that-advanced-oceanography/

16. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trillionaires-elon-musk-not-compatible-with-democracy-by-nabil-ahmed-1-2026-06

17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mindful-professional-development/202606/why-facts-rarely-change-political-polarization-at-work

18. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-butterflies-can-live-25-times-longer-than-their-relatives-they-might-provide-insights-into-healthy-aging-in-humans-180988993/

19. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/how-does-history-judge-prime-ministers

20. https://www.theglobalist.com/sigmund-freud-and-21st-century-electoral-politics/

Short stories

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

2. https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/Beyond-the-City

Informative videos

1. The mission to safeguard Black history in the US https://www.ted.com/talks/julieanna_l_richardson_the_mission_to_safeguard_black_history_in_the_us

2. How to raise kids who question https://www.ted.com/talks/randi_williams_how_to_raise_kids_who_question_ai

Happy Reading