Harvard Business Review – September/October 2023

September–October 2023

Harvard Business Review (September/October 2023) –

Reskilling in the Age of AI

Five new paradigms for leaders—and employees 

In the coming decades, as the pace of technological change continues to increase, millions of workers may need to be not just upskilled but reskilled—a profoundly complex societal challenge that will sometimes require workers to both acquire new skills and change occupations entirely.

People May Be More Trusting of AI When They Can’t See How It Works

by Juan Martinez

 New research looked at the extent to which the employees of a fashion retailer followed the stocking recommendations of two algorithms: one whose workings were easy to understand and one that was indecipherable. Surprisingly, they accepted the guidance of the uninterpretable algorithm more often.

Opinion: The Biden China Strategy, Saudi Arabia’s Sports Push, Green EV’s?

‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (August 14, 2023) Three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, why Biden’s China strategy isn’t working, Saudi Arabia’s plan to dominate global sport (10:20) and how green is your electric vehicle, really? (17:55).

AI Poetry Books: Werner Herzog Reads “I Am Code”

I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks: Poems
By Joseph Bernstein, August 14, 2023

THE NEW YORK TIMES – If artificial intelligence had a voice, what would it sound like? Calm, like HAL 9000? Perky, like Alexa? Polite, like C-3PO?

A young man stands next to Mr. Herzog. Both are looking into the camera lens.
Brent Katz, an editor of the A.I.-generated poetry collection, with Mr. Herzog at a Los Angeles recording studio.Credit…via Brent Katz

For the editors of “I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks,” a collection of poems generated by A.I., the answer was obvious: Werner Herzog.

The 80-year-old German director, actor and author is a titan of independent cinema whose films often concern the hubris and folly of humankind. His speaking voice, known to audiences mostly through the stark, literary voice-over narration that accompanies many of his documentaries, carries an existential pathos and Teutonic gravitas that have made it a pop culture trademark.

Something like this, anyway, was on the minds of Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau and Simon Rich, the editors of “I Am Code,” when they reached out to Mr. Herzog to ask if he would lend his formidable instrument to the audiobook version of their project.

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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – August 21, 2023

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The New Yorker – August 21, 2023 issue: This week’s cover features Kadir Nelson’s “Rideout” – The artist discusses biking, bridges, risk, and scale.

How the Writer and Critic Jacqueline Rose Puts the World on the Couch

Jacqueline Rose photographed by Robbie Lawrence.

Enlisting Freud and feminism, she reveals the hidden currents in poetry and politics alike.

By Parul Sehgal

“Psychoanalysis brings to light everything we don’t want to think about,” she said. “If you can acknowledge the complexity of your own heart


The Ukrainians Forced to Flee to Russia

A woman and child standing in between broken down buildings.

Some are brought against their will. Others are encouraged in subtler ways. But the over-all efforts seem aimed at the erasure of the Ukrainian people.

By Masha Gessen

How Carl Linnaeus Set Out to Label All of Life

A man sitting on a large flower looking at a list of paper.

He sorted and systematized and coined names for more than twelve thousand species. What do you call someone like that?

By Kathryn Schulz

News: Russia Destroying ‘Normal Life’ In Ukraine, Wagner Group In Poland

The Globalist Podcast, Monday, August 14: The latest from Kyiv with Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko, the morning’s papers with Paul Waldie, Europe correspondent at ‘The Globe and Mail’ and interview former Polish foreign minister, Radek Sikorski MEP, on how Poland has changed in recent years.

Plus: the results of the Argentinian elections and why zine culture is on the rise in Japan.

The New York Times — Monday, August 14, 2023

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Two Months in Georgia: How Trump Tried to Overturn the Vote

Former President Trump in the White House briefing room after making a statement on Nov. 5, 2020.

The Georgia case offers a vivid reminder of the extraordinary lengths Mr. Trump and his allies went to in the Southern state to reverse the election.

How Trump Benefits From an Indictment Effect

After Donald J. Trump’s first indictment, the priorities of the conservative movement and its media ecosystem shifted.

In polling, fund-raising and conservative media, the former president has turned criminal charges into political assets.

As Inferno Grew, Lahaina’s Water System Collapsed

Firefighters who rushed to contain the Maui wildfire found that hydrants were running dry, forcing crews to embark instead on a perilous rescue mission.

‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met

For many years, a 19th century painting of three white children in a Louisiana landscape held a secret. Beneath a layer of overpaint meant to look like the sky: the figure of an enslaved youth.