Weekly Filet #229: Your next favourite book. And more.
1. Weekly Filet Book Club
It's very simple: You share your favourite book (or simply one that you think more people should read), I collect all recommendations and share them back with all of you. The more, the merrier, obviously. So don't be shy.
2. Studying Competition and Gender Through Chess (Data Skeptic)
When men and women of exactly equal abilty face each other in chess, men win more often – but only if they know they're playing against the opposite sex. Fascinating insights on why this is the case – and what it means for the world beyond chess.
3. Mark Zuckerberg’s letter on Facebook’s global ambitions (Recode)
Facebook is, arguably, the most influential intermediary between people and the world around them. It controls connections and information flows. So it matters what its ambitions are. Go read it in Mark Zuckerberg's own words.
4. Why facts don’t change our minds (The New Yorker)
I tell you this is a great text. Then I tell you that I just made up that appraisal, it's completely random. You still believe me. And now you probably want to read it to understand why.
5. David Miliband explains the global refugee crisis (The Ezra Klein Show)
We tend to talk too much about immigration and too little about what causes it.