Curated Reading

A library in the cloud - the quiet work of accumulation.

June 2026 list

Jun 30, 2026

Notion's AI pivot, dog longevity pills, Li Lu's post-Tiananmen arc, Havel's greengrocer, Dallas border fortunes, Renaissance Stoicism, Chloé Zhao's "poorface" brand, Japan's rearmament strategy, pinhole camera physics, and a Ukrainian hero's execution.

May 2026 list

May 30, 2026

ChatGPT cheating epidemics, Heinz's glass bottles, billionaires, Altman hiring rules, War markets, the Hungarian anti-populist playbook, Qianlong's imperial delusion, American freight primacy, inflation / deflation, and Texas crypto miners.

April 2026 list

May 2, 2026

Swiss watch branding, Blank Street economics, ER heroism, Krikalev's Soviet collapse, Trump's Iran strike, Zhang Xin's timing, Big Law's diversity grind, Millennial inheritance, Com hackers, and Shyam Sankar's Palantir.

March 2026 list

Apr 6, 2026

Warren Buffett, life philosophies, self-help, Anna Karenina, matriarchies, the Fanjul dynasty, trouble at Sotheby’s, Marco Rubio’s foreign policy, Cocaine Kingpin in Dubai, and Domino’s pizza.

February 2026 list

Mar 1, 2026

Matt Levine, geopolitics, cryptology, race-meritocracy, furniture conglomerates, multi-baggers, Iran ambassador, the Kennedy’s, and Hallmark branding.