Book exceprts

• An excerpt from "Philanthropy – from Aristotle to Zuckerberg" by Paul Vallely. (theguardian.com)
• You can put Joseph Henrich's new book "The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous" in the theory-of-everything history category. (theatlantic.com)
• An excerpt from "Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary" by Timothy Snyder, (nybooks.com)

Media

• A big profile of Reed Hastings, the low key CEO of Netflix ($NFLX). (nytimes.com)
• 'High Times' was poised to profit from the legalization of cannabis, but that has not happened. (politico.com)
• Cameo has taken off. What does that say about us as a society. (wired.co.uk)
• What effect do Rotten Tomatoes scores have on movie performance? (theringer.com)

Cities

• Disasters have reshaped cities for millennia, as well Covid-19. (theatlantic.com)
• How cities become associated with the signs on their buildings. (nytimes.com)

Longreads

• The events industry is undergoing its Napster moment. (skift.com)
• The FTC is investigating Intuit ($INTU) over TurboTax practices. (propublica.org)
• America has never had an anti-racist majority, until maybe now. (theatlantic.com)
• Why aren't coaches more willing to adjust their strategies on the fly? (actionnetwork.com)
• A profile of Kílian Jornet the world's greatest mountain runner. (theguardian.com)