May 2017 Monthly Goodreads

Articles

• Artificial intelligence is getting more powerful, and it's about to be everywhere (Vox)

• What if it happened here? (Vox)

• The Bullshitter-in-Chief (Vox)

• Ten years on - A decade after the crisis, how are the world's banks doing? (The Economist)

• Spy kids (The Economist)

• The Temer tape (The Economist)

• What did Donald Trump achieve in the Middle East? (The Economist)

• Courting trouble - Why Trumponomics won't make America great again (The Economist)

• Talking to the enemy - India's Kashmir problem is getting worse (The Economist)

• The question isn't why wage growth is so low. It's why it's so high (NY Times)

• Drilling for a Dream in Myanmar (NY Times)

• Asian Kenyans seek to be declared a 'tribe' of their own (NY Times)

• Today's Brexit Barometer (Bloomberg)

• Trump calls trip 'home run' as Kushner questions left unanswered (Bloomberg)

• Trump's first presidential trip abroad: what could go wrong? (The Atlantic)

• Donald Trump's Excellent Abrahamic Adventure (The Atlantic)

Blogs

• Gates Notes

• Freakonomics

Books

• How Google Works (by Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg)

• World Order: Reflections on the character of nations and the course of history (by Henry Kissinger)

• How Asia Works (by Joe Studwell)

• Originals: How non-conformists move the world (by Adam Grant)

• The Bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it (by Paul Collier)

Documentaries

• The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

• Becoming Warren Buffett

Podcasts

• Money talks: Trumponomics (The Economist)

• The Economist asks: What makes a terrorist? (The Economist)

• The Economist asks: What's the next great leap for education? (The Economist)

• Distressed eurozone banks, RBS on trial, hiring in Asia and Canadian banks (Financial Times)

• Should you believe the polls? (The Guardian)

• Can Facebook help you talk to businesses? (Recode Decode)

• Politics & Polls £46: Trump's 'Gaslighting of America' (Woodrow Wilson School)

Talks/ Lectures

• How to exploit democracy (TED)

• A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases (TED)

• Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash (TED)

• A climate solution where all sides can win (TED)

• 3 principles for creating safer AI (TED)

• How human noise affects ocean habitats (TED)

• Global Civil War: solidarity by proxy (LSE)

• The French Election and the Left (LSE)

• The equality effect: improving life for everyone (LSE)

• Education for all: meeting the challenges of the 21st century (LSE)

• Trump and China in the Asian Century (LSE)

Videos

• Ramzan Kadyrov: brutal tyrant, Instagram star (Vox)

• How dead is the Great Barrier Reef? (Vox)

• How obsessive artists colorize old photos (Vox)

• How Trump made it harder for the US to fight terrorism (Vox)

• Why the world is worried about Turkey (Vox)

• Japan's rising right-wing nationalism (Vox)

• Talking Toilets (thegatesnotes)

• Strong Coffee, Stronger Women (thegatesnotes)

• How does money laundering work? (TED-Ed)

• How does your body process medicine? (TED-Ed)

• What are the challenges of nuclear power? (TED-Ed)

• Ocean (series) (The Economist)

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