FYI #134

• Maria Popova in conversation with Debbie Millman on Design Matters

• Friendship Suffices, by L.M. Sacasas, via The Convivial Society

• Inside Mindy Seu's Personal Archive: The Book, Album & Art That Shaped Her | Vogue Australia

• Trailers for new book adaptations… Sense and Sensibility and Klara and the Sun (directed by Taika Waititi)

• AI’s Blank Space, by Mona Sloane, via LARB… Renewal requires the rebuilding of institutions of risk and imagination, of social structures that incentivize possibility over predictability.

• Artificial intelligence: Majority say risks outweigh benefits, via the 2026 Lowy Institute Poll

• The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows, by Andy Baio, via Waxy

• Miles Franklin Literary Award 2026 shortlist

• Shakespeare, Bowie, Einstein: Mona opens one-of-a-kind underground library Phrontisterion, via ABC News.

• Defining the Modern Canon. The New York Times created a new role, canon editor. Marina Hyde mentioned this on an episode of The Rest is Entertainment.

• Shaboozey: Tiny Desk Concert, via NPR

• One of a kind: a 1960s home designed for an artist, now for sale, via The Modern House