Welcome to Lowercase Weekend Reads. Our weekend reads highlight the most important articles of the week.

Finance as culture

This is a real tragedy. When everything boils down to numbers anything can be rationalized.

Yuval Noah Harari: Lessons from a year of Covid | Free to read

This guy writes with such clarity, it is painful. Article of the week and cannot miss it. 

The cost of populism: Evidence from history | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal

Populism is extremely dangerous and the sad thing is that it is on the rise. 

Sprinkle a little ancient philosophy into your daily routines

This is a great article with some practical advice.

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021

Riding the wave of our last pod on A.I (Make sure you don’t miss it).