New York Times bestsellers: Michael K. Williams, Frances Mayes and more
In hardcover fiction, R.F. Kuang's "Babel," plus Karin Slaughter — and the debut by true-crime podcaster Ashley Flowers.
Source: dailypress.com
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The Recorder - The World Keeps Turning: It's all about the numbers
While scanning a recent New Yorker (cartoons first, before any of the heavier but exquisitely written articles), I came upon a full-page, full-face photo of a quietly amused young man. The caption identified him as “the philosopher William...
Source: recorder.com
BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future
William MacAskill’s What We Owe the Future is a new and important argument for why we should care about the future of humanity.
Source: bigissue.com
Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill
It's not good enough to just care about people who are alive today, says philosopher William MacAskill. We have to think of future people.
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Source: bigissue.com
New York Times bestsellers: Danielle Steel, Sandra Brown — and Jim Patterson, writing about Diana, William and Harry
Also on the print and e-book list, octogenarian Peggy Rowe's "Vacuuming in the Nude." (She's the mom of TV's Mike Rowe.)
Source: dailypress.com
What to read to understand "effective altruism"
Four books, and a smattering of other items, that explain a growing idealistic movement | The Economist reads
Source: economist.com
What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill review – a thrilling prescription for humanity
Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, a philosopher’s guide to ‘ethical living’ for dangerous times
Source: theguardian.com
Our Planet's 80 Trillion People Yet to Come to Do Plants Possess Intelligence? (Planet Earth Report)
Today's stories include Scientists are Unraveling the Mystery of Time to Gladiators were the Superstars of the Roman Empire to Scientists Discover ‘Uncontaminated Extraterrestrial Materials’ in an Ancient Asteroid Sample, and much more.
Source: dailygalaxy.com
If Humans Went Extinct, Would a Similar Species Evolve?
It's comforting to believe that another advanced civilization would develop if humanity met its end. Not so fast.
Source: wired.com