A list of good reads
- Vox reports on philosophers studying moral decision-making on Reddit’s ‘Am I The Asshole?’.
- The Atlantic (splainer gift link) has an excellent profile of OG child actor Daniel Radcliffe—and his quest to stop being young Potter.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) has a wonderful piece on the world's favourite dessert: the Black Forest Cake—which has become a cultural tradition everywhere but Germany.
- Speaking of food that we love, Mint Lounge has a feature on the latest star ingredient on menus: gin.
- Ever wondered how birds got their colours? USA Today put together a colourful and illustrative guide.
- Ars Technica offers a fascinating deep-dive into the history of messaging and texting, going all the way back to 1969.
- Business Insider takes an exclusive look at the inner workings of Microsoft—where Bill Gates still calls the shots from behind the scenes.
- A must read: Daniel Bessner in Harper’s Magazine on how the transformation of the business of Hollywood—driven by Wall Street—is chewing up its writers.
- Lit Hub has a brilliant excerpt from ‘The Sky Was Ours’ by Joe Fassler—which looks at the Sisyphean history of human beings trying and failing to fly
- Bloomberg Businessweek takes an in-depth look at PM Modi’s financial dream of Viksit Bharat and what it would take to achieve it.
