July 2017 Monthly Goodreads

Articles

• Scaramucci on Leaks: 'I'm going to fire everybody' (NY Times)

• John Kelly, New Chief of Staff, is seen as beacon of discipline (NY Times)

• Why healthcare policy is so hard (NY Times)

• The conglomerate that troubles China (Bloomberg)

• FCC says its cybersecurity measures to prevent DDoS attacks must remain secret (Techcrunch)

• GitHub goes down - and take developer productivity with it (Techcrunch)

• Should the tech giants reprogram capitalism? (The Economist - medium)

• Why China's AI push is worrying (The Economist)

• The world's largest online-travel company (The Economist)

• Nicolás Maduro tries to make thugocracy permanent in Venezuela (The Economist)

• Why India and Pakistan hate each other (The Economist)

• The human toll of Yemen's unending war (Foreign Policy)

• A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled (National Geographic)

• Transforming garbage into sustainable solar future (National Geographic)

• Hatred of LGBTQ people still infects society. It's no time to celebrate (The Guardian)

• The Guardian view on cryptocurrencies: bubble and chic (The Guardian)

• It's not just the BBC that must come clean about underpaying women (The Guardian)

• How to beat the ticking Brexit clock: let British business leaders do the talking (The Guardian)

Books

• The Master Algorithm: how the quest for the ultimate learning machine will remake our world (by Pedro Domingos)

• The Fate of the West: the battle to save the world's most successful political idea (by Bill Emmott)

• Politics: ideas in profile (by David Runciman)

Documentaries

• Bangladesh's Biggest Brothel (Al Jazeera)

• Myanmar is the world's best tech test market (TEDx Talks)

Lectures/ Talks

• Can art amend history? (TED)

• Why I still have hope for coral reefs (TED)

• How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) (TED)

Videos

• What happens after ISIS falls? (Vox)

• Lyme disease is spreading. Blame ticks - and climate change (Vox)

• Medicaid, explained: why it's worse to be sick in some states than others (Vox)

• The growing North Korean nuclear threat, explained (Vox)

• The Middle East's cold war, explained (Vox)

• The high costs of free parking (Vox)

• Why you haven't started a business (Vlogbrothers)

Podcasts

• Sincerely, X (TED)

• Who we are at 2 a.m. (npr)

• Money Talks: International monetary fun (The Economist)

• The Economist asks special: The world if... (The Economist)

• The Economist asks: is big data fundamentally racist? (The Economist)

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