Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations [April 29, 2022]

How polyester bounced back & rules the textile world again; How scientists are explain the inner workings of complex AI models;How New Zealand’s Fonterra Became the Biggest Dairy Company in the World

1. Read: How polyester bounced back and rules the textile world again. It accounts for more than half of global fiber consumption, about twice that of second-place cotton. [via Works in Progress]

2. Read: How scientists are finding ways to explain the inner workings of complex machine-learning models. [via Nature]

3. Listen: How to Fix India’s Water Crisis [via Grand Tamasha]

4. Watch: New Zealand's biggest company, by far, is a dairy co-operative. With $14 billion USD ($20.6 billion NZD) total revenue in 2021, Fonterra Group is the country's juggernaut.