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Song of Achilles
By Madeline Miller “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” My notes In pursuit of fame or respect, what love are you willing to sacrifice? Available Buy it here or find it in your favorite public library.…
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I Leave It Up to You
by Jinwoo Chong “A coma can change a man, but the world Jack Jr. awakens to is one he barely recognizes. His advertising job is history, his Manhattan apartment is gone, and the love of his life has left him behind. He’s been asleep for two years; with no one to turn to, he…
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Learn to be curious
“If you understand how to have a deep curiosity about everything — and I mean everything — you have an edge that cannot be beaten.” – Michael Ovitz, via interview with David Senra
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Sleep, mosquitos
Mosquitos staying active longer In less encouraging news for my upcoming trip to Southeast Asia: “A new study published in the Journal of Insect Physiology suggested that artificial lights are disrupting mosquitos and delaying their dormancy, meaning that they stay active longer. Mosquitos rely on shortening daylight in the fall as a cue to enter a…
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Procreating parakeets
Love birds “The New Zealand native kakariki karaka, or the orange-fronted parakeet, has twice been declared extinct only to later be rediscovered in the wild. As it stands, the bird remains critically endangered with just 450 specimens left, mostly in sanctuaries and predator-free islands. And while the species’ survival is no doubt thanks to…
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A.I. art coming to Los Angeles
What has it cost us? “The project’s dataset is a large nature model (LNM) – an open-source model trained on half a billion images sourced “ethically” from partner institutions including the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, and London’s Natural History Museum.”