Longform links: controls and monitoring
Books An excerpt from "Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand" by Tania Lombrozo. (theatlantic.com) An excerpt from "Sea Change: America’s New Great Game in the Arctic" by Rana Foroohar. (ft.com) An excerpt from "This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story" by Evan Gershkovich. (thetimes.com) An excerpt from "SITCOM: A Memoir" by Chuck Lorre. (vanityfair.com) Gambling How everything became gambling. (nytimes.com) How elite traders are cleaning up on Polymarket. (giftarticle.ft.com) Business A profile of Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle ($ORCL). (vanityfair.com) A profile of Nubank founder David Vélez. (colossus.com) Longreads Your brain is not a computer. (aeon.co) How Chinese spies targeted the Federal Reserve. (cnbc.com) Oil companies have long known the risks of climate change. (arstechnica.com) Is it possible to get out of the 'low fertility trap'? (giftarticle.ft.com) Why sexual assault victims face financial costs and hardship. (cosmopolitan.com) Why an artist bought a fine china maker. (npr.org)