A compendium of our hottest reading material from this year (so far)
- New Dashboard Highlights Cary Sustainability and Resources, A monthly chat on tech, tools, and biz for individuals and teams [Jen McFarland]
- The History of The Onion you Didn’t Know You Needed, Ann Helen Petersen [Substack]
A trip down memory lane of early internet and early journalism struggles. - Understanding Data Inequality (Tim Frick)
- This post from Anna Mack talks about “How to focus when you want to do it all,” delivered with a handy revised Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
- In what may turn out to be the most valuable thing about AI, it turns out the technology can be really good at reducing conspiracy beliefs. This is an academic article, but it’s worth a look — https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/h7n8u_v1.
- The most important thing you can do to fight climate change, Katharine Hayhoe [YouTube TED Talk]
Great talk covering the simple things you can do to make an impact. - AI and Accessibility: the Good, the Bad, and the Bollocks [YouTube]
- Yes! An article that hits all the key points of why tech needs ethical and sustainable innovation. This post in TechieExpert talks about the emergence of “Tech for Good.” We’re here for it.
- How Ukraine’s top energy CEO keeps the lights on and hope intact,
Tim McDonnell [Semafor] - The AI Trust Crisis (Simon Willison)
- The Moral Lighthouse: Artificial Intelligence and the World We Want, Michael L. Bąk [techpolicy.press]
Beautifully written with thoughtful (non-Western) perspectives on AI development and impact. - 10 guidelines to make social media posts more accessible [sproutsocial.com]
How to make your social content more inclusive. - De-Google-ify the Internet!
- Some great tips for identifying (it’s the first step) and then overcoming procrastination with the DUST model. From the Medium Newsletter.
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
- Why We Should Stop Saying “Underrepresented” [Harvard Business Review]
- This guy decided to pay off some of the lunch debt that had backed up at his local Utah school. It took him down a rabbit hole.
- Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England’s Kings and Queens, by David Mitchell [Goodreads]
- Why AI is bad (MIT Technology review) and why it isn’t (Andy Masley on Substack).
As someone said to me today, you can make the data look any way you want. These may be opposing views, but they cover a lot of ground and both are worth reading. - Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media [New Yorker]
- When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
- Yes, Logo! [Substack]
- How can we upskill Gen Z as fast as we train AI? [EY]
- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Taking place in early 20th century Manchuria, two uniquely-talented characters narrate a tale of mystery and revenge. - How do we work out the environmental savings from accessibility? [Video]
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Among parents with children under the age of 18:
- The vast majority of parents (79%) have used AI compared to 54% of non-parents;
- 29% report using AI every day, nearly twice the rate (1.9x) of non-parents (15%);
– 2025: The State of Consumer AI
