Ten must-reads for your Sunday. 10 hours ago A journalist wears chain and lock around his mouth during a protest in front of Bombay House, headquarters of Tata Group, against the assault on journalists by the company's private security guards last week, in Mumbai, India, November 8, 2016. | Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters Weekend Reads What is the Doomsday Clock and why should we keep track of the time? Ian Lowe in Kurzweil explains. For economist Albert O Hirschman, social planning meant creative experimentation rather than theoretical certainty. We could use more of his improvisatory optimism today, argues Simon Torracinta in the Boston Review. The urban studies newsletter “Wrath of Gnon” explains how Americans should go about building a small town in 21st century.