This week’s reading and listening (ending September 1 2024)

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Reading

• Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art (The New Yorker): I’m a simple man. When Ted Chiang writes a piece about the advent of AI, I read it.
• The death of free speech in Britain (The Spectator): Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the absence of a first amendment in Britain
• Removing stuff is never obvious yet often better (Greg Kogan’s Blog): Short piece on the virtue of removing and simplifying in product management

Listening

• The All In Podcast — Reid Hoffman and RFK Jr.: This is one of the more important podcasts in a while because 1) it’s a rare example of a healthy debate between Democrats and Republicans and 2) RFK Jr. gives another passionate plea for radical changes to the food system in America
• Money Matters — Matt Odell : As mentioned in a recent post, nostr is seeing a surge in new users. This podcast goes into why.

SB’s Tune of the Week

🎵 Buka — Hania Rani

SB’s Most Read Post of the Week

🏆 Time starts now

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Girl Reading” (1890)