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This is an incomplete list of the shortform reading (and listening and watching) I've been doing lately.

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"They Know Exactly What They're Doing".
A.R. Moxon in The Reframe.
Published March 12, 2023. Read on March 20, 2023
Those who follow recipes want to make the dish. Those who stay neutral about this fact want it made for them.
extremism, trans issues
"The Week Of Unintended Consequences" (Podcast).
Ken White and Josh Barro in Serious Trouble.
Published March 15, 2023. Listened on March 20, 2023
Surprising evidence will be admitted in E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump; a surprising offense may be Trump's first indictment; Trump may have to sit for another deposition.
politics
"The Regulatory Blunder That Gave Us the Silicon Valley Bank Disaster" (Podcast).
Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal in Odd Lots. Bloomberg.
Published March 16, 2023. Listened on March 20, 2023
Time to bring back aggressive supervision.
banking
"Dan Davies On What Brought Down Silicon Valley Bank" (Podcast).
Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal in Odd Lots. Bloomberg.
Published March 14, 2023. Listened on March 20, 2023
Understanding this unprecedented bank run
banking
"Ifs, ands and bots".
Jonathan Zittrain in The Security Times.
Published February 14, 2023. Read on March 20, 2023
The next round of cyberattacks might come from a discussion about knitting If reading articles about cybersecurity has become a little tiresome, it's because its curse has been deep and persistent. Our information technologies, particularly public-facing ones, are innately permeable and reprogrammable from afar. That's what makes them so powerful, and also so vulnerable, whether […]
artificial intelligence, technology
"Before Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Fed Spotted Big Problems".
Jeanna Smialek in The New York Times.
Published March 19, 2023. Read on March 19, 2023
The bank was using an incorrect model as it assessed its own risks amid rising interest rates, and spent much of 2022 under a supervisory review.
banking
"How Venture Capital Can Avoid the Next Silicon Valley Bank Fiasco".
Del Johnson in Wired.
Published March 18, 2023. Read on March 19, 2023
The crisis exposed Big VC's flaws. It's time to rethink venture capital's power—and reimagine investment in innovation.
tech industry
"Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank" (Podcast).
Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr. in This Machine Kills.
Published March 18, 2023. Listened on March 19, 2023
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socioeconomics, tech industry
"Who Is Still Inside the Metaverse?"
Paul Murray in Intelligencer. New York Magazine.
Published March 15, 2023. Read on March 19, 2023
Searching for friends in Mark Zuckerberg's deserted fantasyland.
metaverse, tech industry
"Big Banks Trust First Republic With Their Money".
Matt Levine in Bloomberg.
Published March 17, 2023. Read on March 18, 2023
Also the Silicon Valley Bank sale process and Ethical Capital Partners.