Recommended by Sally Adee
Nita Farahany is a professor at Duke University who researches the intersection of technology and the law. I've followed her work for at least 10 years as it informed my journalism on brain implants. Now, she has put her AI Law and Policy class at Duke on Substack, where you can think along with the bigbrains. It's readable and it helps you better understand the world. She also wrote the book The Battle for Your Brain, which I also recommend!
Martin Picard's work uncovering the secret lives of mitochondria -- and how much we have been missing about these energy factories that enable the life in our bodies -- has been steadily getting more attention. He is an important voice in the steadily growing chorus of researchers who are challenging the strictly molecular view of life. The newsletter is full of intriguing insights.
David Robson writes books I just keep recommending to people: The Intelligence Trap, The Expectation Effect, The Laws of Connection. His insights into the psychological background noise we often don't even notice -- and how we might instead use it to our advantage -- help me think more clearly about the world.
