TRENDS
Book review: In Hidden Potential, Adam Grant argues 3 character traits can set you up for success
Wharton Professor Adam Grant argues that being an imperfectionist; seeking discomfort and refusing to let insecurity or embarrassment bog you down; and being a sponge for useful information and discarding what’s irrelevant are key.
BOOKS
Book review: Kashmir Hill’s 'Your Face Belongs to Us' is an exploration of privacy in the age of advanced facial recognition technology
While Hill does address many aspects of facial recognition and how Clearview AI is still planning to go ahead with its business plans, there are few instances of what can be done about it.
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Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography: Detailed chronicle of a controversial figure...
...with some sections reeking of a Faustian Pact to gain unfettered access to Elon Musk's work and home life for two years.
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2023 IFA Berlin: How to regulate AI, and unleash AI innovation as a leveller
Generative AI needs more nuanced regulatory discussions, and it isn't game-over for countries not developing foundation models yet.
TECHNOLOGY
Advanced chipmaking tech is controlled by five countries and it’s an industry dominated by chokepoints: Chip Wars author Chris Miller
On the sidelines of Europe’s largest technology conference, IFA Berlin, author Chris Miller weighed in on the geopolitical implications of the demand and supply of advanced chips.
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Europe on a budget: 7 cheapest holiday destinations in Europe right now
Within the Schengen region, countries that do not use the Euro as their currency, cities that can be explored mostly on foot, and places with plenty of 'pay what you like' and free tours.
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Pakistan’s deep state is at the centre of The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies: A review
Pakistani planes being used to smuggle nuclear tech into North Korea, Pakistan using Chinese expertise to fill tech gaps in making the nuclear bomb are among the fascinating aspects the book explores.
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Traffic review: Ben Smith chronicles the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker media group
If you want to make sense of the culture wars we see today, Traffic gives a good grounding. Just prepare to also read through some tedious sections where Ben Smith writes as if his only audience is the US media elites.
