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Some interesting things to read the second weekend of October

Oct 11, 2024 | linkedin.com | Nicholas Thompson

The other day, scrolling through social media, I was brought to a complete stop by a quote related to scrolling through social media. It’s from an interview in 1996 with David Foster Wallace: “The technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it’s gonna get easier and easier, and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by people who do not love us but want our money. Which is all right. In low doses right?
Some interesting things to read the first weekend in May

May 3, 2024 | linkedin.com | Nicholas Thompson

Dear Friends, What exactly are our moral obligations to animals? Should we treat a snake with the same respect that we treat a bear? If we’re going to eat salmon, is it more ethical to eat one from a fish farm or from the wild? A smart friend of mine once argued that we should avoid eating cephalopods because they’re smarter than we are. I’ve struggled with these questions and have moved from veganism to vegetarianism to pescetarianism in my adult life.
Some interesting things to read this weekend in April

Apr 12, 2024 | linkedin.com | Nicholas Thompson

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Dietary super-doses of cholecalciferol in aged laying hens illustrates limitation of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol conversion

Dec 30, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Matthew Warren |Nicholas Thompson |Pete M. Pitman |Dellila D. Hodgson

AbstractBackground: Older humans who take high levels of vitamin D supplementation for a prolonged time may be at risk of vitamin D toxicity. It is unclear how dietary super-doses (10,000x greater than requirement) can affect vitamin D status in aged animals. Aged laying hens could be a model to compare with women in peri- or postmenopausal stages of life with vitamin D supplementation effects.
“Why Would Someone Give Me a Story Like This?"

Dec 6, 2023 | washingtonmonthly.com | Nicholas Thompson

The first time I met Charlie Peters was in a job interview. It was the fall of 1999: I was 24, he was 72, and I was a candidate to be an editor at the Washington Monthly. I trudged up the stairs to the third floor of 1611 Connecticut Avenue to a well-worn office filled with old magazines and crossed by the occasional cockroach. Charlie sat across from me and a big wooden desk with a box for incoming manuscripts and one for outgoing manuscripts that he had marked up with a felt green marker.
Charlie Peters | Washington Monthly

Dec 6, 2023 | washingtonmonthly.com | Nicholas Thompson |Jonathan Alter |Gregg Easterbrook |Steven Waldman

Charlie Peters, the founder of the Washington Monthly who died on Thanksgiving, wasn’t easy but he cared intensely about the country. The magazine was the tool he had to help.
In Memory of Charlie Peters, 1926-2023

Dec 4, 2023 | linkedin.com | Nicholas Thompson

I first met Charlie Peters in a job interview. It was the fall of 1999: I was 24, he was 72, and I was a candidate to be an editor at The Washington Monthly. I trudged up the stairs to the third floor of 1611 Connecticut Avenue to a well-worn office filled with old magazines and crossed by the occasional cockroach. Charlie sat across from me at a big wooden desk with a box for incoming manuscripts and one for outgoing manuscripts that he had marked up with a felt, green marker.
Legal Affairs

Aug 25, 2023 | legalaffairs.org | Nicholas Thompson

January|February 2005 By Nadya Labi By William Goodhart By Benjamin Soskis By Jascha Hoffman By Nicholas Thompson By Andrew GoldsteinCommon DenominatorUsing sophisticated mathematical models, a group of four economists has proven that a country's legal history greatly affects its economy. At least they think they've proven it. How their sweeping theory has roiled the legal academy. MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA COULDN'T BE CALLED TWINS, but they might be called siblings.
A conversation with Yuval Noah Harari about Artificial Intelligence

Jul 10, 2023 | linkedin.com | Nicholas Thompson

Skip to main content Nicholas Thompson Nicholas Thompson CEO at The Atlantic Published Jul 10, 2023 I just had the honor of interviewing the great scholar Yuval Noah Harari at the "AI for Good" conference put on by the UN in Geneva. We spoke about the risks to democracy of generative AI and some of the potential frameworks for maximizing the potential benefits and minimizing potential harm.
Some interesting things to read this weekend in June

Jun 18, 2023 | linkedin.com | Nicholas Thompson

Nicholas Thompson Nicholas Thompson CEO at The Atlantic Published Jun 18, 2023 I want to start with an appreciation for my friend and one of my favorite writers, Ronald Steel, who died last month at the age of 92. He was a keen, and critical, observer of American foreign policy who wrote for many publications, including The Atlantic.