What We’re Reading is an exclusive fortnightly recap for our supporters at the Affiliate Publisher level and above. This is where we highlight articles, books, and blogs we’ve been reading, have read, or find too interesting not to share. The content shared here need not necessarily reflect ideas we agree with or endorse. It might even be concepts or ideas we disagree with strongly. Rather, this is just an assorted collection of works we have consumed or are in the process of consuming. Hence the title: What We’re Reading. We’ll also highlight podcasts and videos occasionally. — Malhar Mali, Helen Pluckrose, Oliver Traldi
Malhar’s picks
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “The Science Behind Psychopaths and Extreme Altruists” — National Geographic
Kelly Weill, “Conspiracy Theories Are Eating this Alt-Right Friendly Site From the Inside” — Daily Beast
David French, “Conservatives Fail the N.F.L.’s Free Speech Test” — New York Times
Alice Dreger, “Intersex rights” — Aeon
Helen’s picks
Tim Maudlin, “The Defeat of Reason.” — Boston Review
Sean Wilentz, “Fighting Words.” — Democracy Journal
John McWhorter, “Atonement as Activism.” — American Interest
Jamil Javani, “Why Sam Harris — Not Ezra Klein — is the One Making Space for People of Color.” — Quillette
Oliver’s picks
Jessica McCrocy Calarco, “Why Rich Kids are So Good at the Marshmallow Test” — The Atlantic
Thomas B. Edsall, “Trump Against the Tide” — New York Times
Tali Sharot and Cass Sunstein, “Would You Go to a Republican Doctor?” — New York Times
Noam Stein, “Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education – A Review” — Quillette
“Wars and Clan Structure May Explain a Strange Biological Event 7000 Years Ago” — Phys.org
What have you been reading, viewing, or listening to in the last two weeks that we should draw our attention to? What are some ideas you’d like discussed in Areo? Let us know here. Areo editors are active in the comments section.
