The Economist ‘Editor’s Picks’ (January 23, 2023) – A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Disney’s second century, Turkey’s looming dictatorship (10:25) and how young people spend their money (17:35).
Category Archives: Society
Culture: New York Times Magazine- January 22, 2023
The New York Times Magazine – January 20, 2023:
Selling False Hope in India’s Cram City
In Kota, students from across the country pay steep fees to be tutored for elite-college admissions exams — which most of them will fail.
Cockfighting Is Illegal in the U.S. Why Does It Breed so Many Fighting Birds?
The long tradition of American game-fowl breeding has produced some of the world’s most coveted roosters.
A rescued rooster named Twister at Vine Sanctuary in Vermont. The staff members there say he has two speeds: mellow and 100 miles per hour .Credit…Andres Serrano for The New York Times
This Soup Is Yotam Ottolenghi’s Comfort Food
In this soup, lamb meatballs and semolina dumplings come with a zest of history.
Technology: The Global Impact Of OpenAI ‘ChatGPT’
Chat GPT is the world’s most powerful AI chatbot. It offers a human-like alternative to search engines and can do everything from compile a menu to writing a TV script to explaining quantum physics. Could it also transform the jobs of hundreds of millions of people?
Culture: New York Times Magazine – Jan 15, 2023
The Fed May Finally Be Winning the War on Inflation. But at What Cost?
There’s a good chance that the Fed could push the economy into recession. The pain will not be shared equally.
How Montana Took a Hard Right Turn Toward Christian Nationalism
What happened to a state known for its political independence?
How Danhausen Became Professional Wrestling’s Strangest Star
What’s the best way for a not-particularly-athletic barista-slash-wrestling geek to go pro? Act really weird.
Danhausen backstage before an All Elite Wrestling “Rampage” event in September.Credit…Evan Jenkins for The New York Times
Culture: New York Times Magazine – Dec 18, 2022
The 12.18.22 Issue – The stories of 12 children, among the thousands, killed this year by what has become the leading cause of death for American kids: gun violence. But these are not the stories of how they died. These are the stories of the lives they lived.
Why We Published a Special Project About Child Gun Deaths
Every December, The Times Magazine devotes a special project to the deaths of notable people. This year, we are telling the stories of 12 children killed by guns.
Childhood’s Greatest Danger: The Data on Kids and Gun Violence
Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. No group of kids has been spared, but some have fared far worse.
What Guns Did to My Childhood
They ended my innocence even before I copped one of my own.
Culture: The American Scholar – Winter 2023
@TheAmScho – Winter 2023 issue:
The Road to Paradise and Back
Fires in the West, hurricanes in the East—what it’s like on the ground as we confront our rapidly changing world
The Corals and the Capitalist
The key to avoiding an ecological catastrophe might be found in the wealth of nations and the spirit of innovation
Our Founding Contradiction
The entrenched dichotomy at the center of the national story
Previews: New York Times Magazine – Dec 11, 2022
NYT Mag (December 11, 2022) – The 10 Best Actors of 2022 – See a portfolio of this year’s Great Performers, including Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Kaluuya, Michelle Williams.
The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico
A Times Magazine-ProPublica investigation reveals how the U.S. painstakingly built a case against a Mexican general suspected of links to organized crime — and then decided to let him go.
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Dec 12, 2022
An Anti-Abortion Activist’s Quest to End the Rape Exception
For Rebecca Kiessling, helping mothers who’ve conceived children through sexual assault is part of a strategy for curtailing reproductive rights.
So You Want to Be a TikTok Star
The social-media platform is transforming the music industry. Is that a good thing?
In Praise of Parasites?
We think of them with revulsion, but a new book wants us to appreciate their redeeming qualities.
At Qatar’s World Cup, Where Politics and Pleasure Collide
The first ten days were soccer as it is, rather than as you want it to be.
Preview: New York Times Magazine – Dec 4, 2022
@NYTMag – December 4, 2022 issue:
Where Does All the Cardboard Come From? I Had to Know.
Entire forests and enormous factories running 24/7 can barely keep up with demand. This is how the cardboard economy works.
‘Avatar’ and the Mystery of the Vanishing Blockbuster
It was the highest-grossing film in history, but for years it was remembered mainly for having been forgotten. Why?
After Covid, Playing Trumpet Taught Me How to Breathe Again
The benefits of group (music) therapy.
Tom Stoppard Fears the Virus of Antisemitism Has Been Reactivated
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Dec 5, 2022
Yam Karkai’s Illustrations Made Her an N.F.T. Sensation. Now What?
World of Women confronts the limits of selling cartoon avatars on the blockchain after the crypto bubble burst.
Is Mick Herron the Best Spy Novelist of His Generation?
In his “Slough House” thrillers, the screw-ups save the day—and there’s a very fine line between comedy and catastrophe.
How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle
It began as a visionary notion—that patients could die with dignity at home. Now it’s a twenty-two-billion-dollar industry plagued by exploitation.
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