Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations (Oct 27, 2023)
The significance of the present moment in China; Lessons from the Rise of Coal; How can we fight drought in the Horn of Africa?; The Godfather of AI
Read: Evan Osnos’ beautiful New Yorker essay on the significance of the present moment in China ( and ruminations on the essayist Wang Xiaobo )
Read: Lessons from the Rise of Coal (via Anton Howes)
Listen: How can we fight drought in the Horn of Africa? (via the BBC)
Watch: The Godfather of AI ( via Bloomberg) A profile of computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton.