Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations (June 11, 2021)
A beautiful interview with Amartya Sen; The Chief Economist of the World Food Program Explains Why Hunger is On the Rise; The Hyperloop May Disrupt More Than Just Travel; China's Population Density
Read: A beautiful interview with Amartya Sen at age 87, including reflections on his early life and eclectic education in Shantiniketan that deeply influenced his economics, his love for cycling, Sanskrit and math, and teaching with Arrow and Rawls. [via the Harvard Gazette]
Read: The Overseas Schools Training China’s Next Generation of Leaders: From the Andes to Harvard, the CPC sends thousands of cadres abroad each year to learn from the best teachers in the world. [via The Sixth Tone]
Chart of the Week: China’s Heihe-Tengchong Line [via Simon Kuestenmacher]
Listen: Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett explains how anthropology can shed light on the way we behave in the workplace, identifying the hidden tribes within the office, and pinpointing which rituals are binding together a team.
Listen: The Chief Economist of the World Food Program Explains Why Hunger is On the Rise
Watch: Math Has a Fatal Flaw [via Vertiasium]
Watch: The Hyperloop May Disrupt More Than Just Travel [spoiler alert-it’s the network effects via Bloomberg Quicktake]