Weekend Reads

Weekend Reads

Weekend Reads #438

A collection of cross-disciplinary thoughts, perspectives, and opinions

Feb 16, 2026
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Amanda Askell, a scottish philosopher, weight-lifter, Her job, simply put, is to teach Claude how to be good. “thinking carefully about the big questions of existence and life and what it is to be a person and what it is to be a mind, what it is to be a model.” - Link
What happens to the weavers? - Link
How does Docusign have 7,000 employees? - Link
The Theory of Narrative Causality - From Witches Abroad by Sir Terry Pratchett... - Link
Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle - Podcast
There could be no greater contrast than that between the first race for the Roberts of Kandahar Challenge Cup, which is now the world’s senior challenge cup for downhill racing, and the races at the Winter Olympics of 1948. - Link
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 - Link
Voyager 1’s Pale Blue Dot - NASA Science - Link
The Bronze Age - Empire Podcast
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