This week’s reading, listening and watching (ending June 2 2024)

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Reading

• There is currency stress on the horizon (Financial Times): Recent stability is no guarantee of future stability
• Why liberals struggle to defend liberalism (The New Yorker):
• Why we still care about Kafka (Financial Times): Kafka’s life and why it’s still relevant
• 🇩🇪Die älteste Firma der Welt (Neue Zürcher Zeitung): On the history of the Beretta company and family

Listening

• Rich Roll Podcast (Johann Hari) — On the risks and benefits of Ozempic
• Conversations with Tyler (Michael Nielsen): Pioneer in quantum physics on a number of eclectic topics
• Aubrey Marcus Podcast (Chase Iron Eyes): forgotten wisdom of the Lakota tribe

Watching:

• The Dreamers (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐): French New Wave cinema but from 2003
• South Park on the American healthcare system

SB’s Tune of the Week

Queen Jane Approximately — Bob Dylan

SB’s Most Read Post of the Week

🏆 Sick has become the new normal

Johann Peter Hasenclever’s “Lesekabinett” (1843)