Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations (April 9, 2021)
Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations (April 9, 2021)
The Rise of the Technocrats; We must urgently transform our relationship with water.; How the WTO Changed China; Mapping the World’s Key Maritime Choke Points
Read: Rise of the Technocrats: Economic historian Adam Tooze’s smart take on whether Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi vindicate the past half-century of centrist expertise? [via Foreign Policy]
Read: Here's What the Tech CEOs Wish They Could Say to Congress [via Stephen Levy, WIRED]
Read: How the WTO Changed China: The Mixed Legacy of Economic Engagement [via Foreign Affairs]
Listen: Why Sci-Fi Legend Ted Chiang Fears Capitalism, Not A.I.: Chiang is probably one of the greatest short story writers of our time. This conversation with Ezra Kelin is brilliant
Listen: If humans are to survive and thrive for the rest of the 21st Century we must urgently transform our relationship with water. [via the BBC]
Chart of the Week: Mapping the World’s Key Maritime Choke Points [via Visual Capitalist]
Watch: Shoshana Zuboff of Harvard Business School on surveillance capitalism
