A list of good reads
- Ars Technica looks at a fascinating study that shows you can pay people to be more sensitive to fake news—but liberals more so than conservatives.
- Itika Sharma Punit in Rest of World has an excellent piece on how the Indian tech industry totally screws up International Women’s Day.
- Bloomberg Businessweek has a must-read deep dive on rapper Pras Michél—of Fugees fame—who became entangled in one of the biggest financial scandals in the world.
- Vox points to one very useful consequence of the rise of ChatGPT—the death of the cover letter. We truly cannot wait!
- For a less mundane AI story, read New Scientist on AI that can make pictures of what you’re seeing by looking at your brain scan!
- The Hindu has a must-read feature on Indian wives who discovered they were gay.
- The Cut looks at the latest sorrow afflicting users of dating apps—being banned because of “revenge reporting” by a salty ex.
- Everyone is talking about the movie ‘Cocaine Bear’, but NPR has the bizarre tale of the Cocaine Cat.
- Vice looks at how Indian history and mythology celebrate queer love.
- Monthly Review has an interesting but very nerdy read that traces the roots of capitalism to fishing.
