A list of good reads
- GQ has an excellent profile of director Martin Scorsese—where he reflects on old age, its impact on his creative process and his latest release ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.
- Washington Post (splainer gift link) has an in-depth piece on how the Indian government successfully made Twitter compliant.
- Stuart Whatley in The Hedgehog Review notes that preferring leisure over work is not a new phenomenon—there is a civilisational history that supports this.
- Who doesn’t love looking at videos of anime food? Refinery29 has a feature on Nadine Estero who brings these dishes to life.
- Vir Sanghvi in The Print analyses why Modi may just win the elections next year—because despite everything he is still considered unbeatable.
- The Swaddle asks if Taylor Swift is impossible to critique because of her rabid fandom and mega stardom.
- Bloomberg News reports that Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink has received approval for human trials. FYI, we did an excellent Big Story highlighting the very murky and disturbing details related to this company.
- Reuters has an interesting interactive feature that highlights how the James Webb telescope actually works.
- Economist has a disturbing read on how household staple haldi is the leading cause of lead poisoning in the country—and India is the biggest producer of adulterated turmeric in the world.
- Ever wondered about the true centre of the universe? Big Think has a great nerdy answer to it.
