A list of good reads

• Amit Majmudar in the New York Times pens a powerful meditation on being a father to identical twins—each with a very different destiny—and the relationship between spirituality and science.
• This excerpt from Nisha Susan’s latest book of short stories is both intriguing and highly unsatisfying—kinda like hooking up as a teenager.
• We read a lot in this internet age, but we forget everything we read just as easily. William Cho explains why it happens and how to make it stop. (h/t subscriber Niket Raja)
• Why were medieval Europeans obsessed with insanely long and pointy shoes? Surely you want to know, and Atlas Obscura is eager to tell you.
• What are those insanely overpriced MasterClass videos really selling? The Atlantic’s answer: “It reminds me of a kind of Spotify for careerist inspiration, a platform for dispensing assorted self-help and personal-development bonbons for the young capitalist striver.” This is a definite lunchtime read.