Fish Tanks, Supply Chains, and TI Calculator Innovation: Lux Recommends #299
Welcome to Lux Recommends #299, this week’s edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about (want to receive this by email? Sign up here).
Articles
The Insane Innovation of TI Calculator Hobbyists — Sam
Missing Ski Found Trapped in 1,300-Year-Old Ice: ‘The wooden ski and its previously discovered counterpart are considered the “best-preserved pair of skis from prehistory.”’ — Adam K
A COVID Serenity Prayer: “We need the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” — Sam
A Chemical Hunger — Part I: Mysteries: A series of blog posts on obesity. — Lux Recommends reader Dan Katz
What I Learned About My Writing By Seeing Only The Punctuation: “I made a web tool that lets you spy your hidden literary style” — Sam
High-End Design Comes to the Fish Tank: “Luxury home aquariums now can rival installations at public aquariums in size and scale, and they come with hefty price tags”— Lux friend Chuck Clarvit
Remystifying Supply Chains: “Supply chains are TV for matter” — Sam
At the George Washington Bridge Casino, Your Bets Are a Bike Ride Away: “You can’t gamble online in New York, but you can in New Jersey. For a group of frustrated N.F.L. bettors, that means a 15-minute trek via bicycle that saves them a $16 toll.” — Adam K
State of AI Report 2021 — Adam G
New carnivorous plant discovered, right under our noses — Sam
Books
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith: “Economist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction…He argues that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and usher in a booming worldwide economy―greatly benefiting humanity.” — Sam
Podcasts
Hope lies in dreams: “Stan Crooke rose from poverty to found a company that pioneered antisense drugs. After decades of struggle and years of public doubt, the company created a treatment that has saved thousands of children from the brutal disease spinal muscular atrophy.” — Ankeeta
Movies
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell: “Featuring rare footage and in-depth interviews, this documentary celebrates the life of The Notorious B.I.G. on his journey from hustler to rap king.” — Adam G
Videos
Strange Attractor on an Etch A Sketch with Raspberry Pi Pico — Sam
These AIs Are About to Revolutionize Biology — friend of Lux Bryan White
The Japanese puffer fish is probably nature’s greatest artist — Adam G
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