A list of good reads
- Rega Jha in FiftyTwo has an absolute must-read on those “creeps” in your online inbox—and the complex role of class.
- BBC News has the tragic story of a woman who was terribly abused as a child and wound up as an anonymous murder victim. But this is also a fascinating story about forensic DNA technology, ancestry websites—and the right to genetic privacy.
- Quint interviewed 18 Tihar inmates—and uncovered why the prison system is a breeding ground for mental health problems.
- New York magazine explains why space tourism is doomed to fail.
- Curtis Sittenfeld has a new short story titled ‘The Richest Babysitter in the World’.
- We greatly enjoyed reading Vogue’s ‘56 Thoughts I Had While Rewatching Twilight’.
- A veterinarian in Mint Lounge explains why getting a second cat is not always a good idea—for the first one.
- The India Forum offers a thought-provoking take on how we treat street dogs—and how we show compassion. (Yes, some of us may disagree but it is still worth a read.)
- MIT Technology Review has a very good piece on testing AI job-interview tools—and what they tell us about unconscious bias.
- New York Times has a long read on the Silicon Valley’s (and technology’s) complicated relationship with God.
- Washington Post has an amusing feature on three women who discovered they were dating the same man… so they dumped him and took a road trip together.
- BBC News has the heart-warming story of a man reunited with a child who was stolen from him 24 years ago.
- This isn’t a read, but an excellently wacky BuzzFeed listicle titled ‘The 38 Most Horrifying And Weirdest Things Ever Sold On Facebook Marketplace’—and it totally lives up to its headline.
