A list of good reads
- Vox has a helpful and important guide to what flight attendants wish all travellers knew about their job. Air India passengers should pay special attention.
- Also in Vox: an interesting read on how ideas of god and faith inform Silicon Valley’s development of artificial intelligence.
- BBC News takes a look at Robert Oppenheimer—the scientist who developed the atomic bomb—just in time for the release of Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated movie ‘Oppenheimer’.
- Speaking of highly anticipated movies, New York Times (splainer gift link) has a very good profile on ‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig.
- Evan Osnos in the New Yorker uncovers the world of uber-rich, private parties where the likes of Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez perform. Yeah, like the Ambani shaadis.
- Another music-related good read: Yasmine El Rashidi in The Guardian has an excellent essay on hip hop’s role in the Egyptian rebellion.
- The Guardian also looks at the appalling fashion fad marking the return of skinny chic: the snatched jawline. Yes, this is the new version of the ‘clavicle’ obsession.
- Wall Street Journal (splainer gift link) looks at how controversial Chinese brand Shein is taking on Amazon by becoming a marketplace that sells everything.
- Stratechery has an interesting look at the evolution of social media communication—viewed through the lens of Meta’s new baby Threads.
- Scroll looks at what has gone wrong with the Cheetah Project—which has already lost seven cheetahs since September last year.
