A list of good reads
- BBC Future looks at whether air pollution is causing us to lose our sense of smell.
- Slate asks whether we’ve forgotten the simple pleasure of just hanging out with each other. We think this is mostly an American problem but just in case…
- Cassidy Randall in LongReads charts the winding road to becoming ‘enough’.
- Wired has a fascinating piece that will challenge your notions about processed food—and nutrition.
- This profile of Pedro Pascal is also in Wired. Surely we don’t need to explain why it is a must-read (sigh!).
- Speaking of awesome celebs, Rihanna gave her first big interview in years—and landed on the cover of Vogue.
- Everyone understands that sharing your password with ten people hurts a subscription business—for e.g. Netflix. But The Atlantic makes a strong argument for why many people feel betrayed by the company’s crackdown on account-sharing.
- Subscriber Anita Rao Kashi has a lovely piece in Nikkei Asia that explores why and how women cook.
- Mint has a very good report on the new breed of angel investors—who are from tier 2 cities and not afraid to take risks.
- Newsweek has some interesting advice on how to break habits.
- The Guardian looks at a shady Spanish company that uses dubious methods to ‘erase your past’ from the internet.
