FYI #98
Everything Is Television: A theory of culture and attention, by Derek Thompson
How to rebuild connection where it’s thinning, by Rachel Botsman
“Someone’s Home Is a Real Invitation into Their Psyche and History”: How Ben Mooney Lives Small, via Never Too Small
58 Books You Need to Read (Recommended by People Who Know), via LitHub
Fashion Neurosis with Ocean Vuong, with Bella Freud
Boyer Lecture 2025: Justin Wolfers, via iView
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course, via The Interview
Gloria Estefan: Tiny Desk Concert, via NPR
Top 100 Books of the 21st Century, via Radio National
Creative Australia invests $1.6 million in ambitious new commissions for leading Australian artists
RE:PUBLIC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated solely to covering the policies, people, and forces shaping the future of America’s public lands.
Aussie Bird Count, citizen science
Watch Me Work .. ‘a communal work session for anyone eager to nurture and sustain their creative process. Facilitated by Public Theater Playwright-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks’.. mentioned on a recent episode of the New Yorker’s Critics at Large