rude1 ‘26 Reading List

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker

Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott

Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better by Kim Scott

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security by Scott Galloway

J-Type 101 — Secret Riso Club

Lost in Translation? A Designer’s Guide to Japanese Type – PRINT Magazine

The End of Reading Is Here

“The End of Reading Is Here” - The Ringer

Groupthink

Leadership fails, leadership failures, leaders fail

Why Good Leaders Fail

(PDF) Leadership Failure in the Eyes of Subordinates: Perception, Antecedents, and Consequences *

(PDF) The Perils of Sycophancy: Historical Lessons for Contemporary Leadership

Coral Stack - Build Local-First. Encrypted. Effortless.

DIDComm

The CRDT Dictionary: A Field Guide to Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types - Ian Duncan - Ian Duncan

Daemon

Anathem

Starship Troopers

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Gnomon

Stranger in a Strange Land

The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents

It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight

Court: The First Amendment Allows You To Tell The ICE Director He’s A ‘Sad, Despised Man’

US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly demanded personal information about ICE's critics from Discord, Reddit, Google, and Meta—and at least 3 of those platforms have complied

ICE intimidated, then admitted it targeted man just for his negative critique

The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics

Dysregulated adult hippocampal neurogenesis in major depressive disorder

うつ病患者の脳では、新しい神経細胞の生成が“停滞”していた：研究結果

The neuroimaging correlates of depression established across six large-scale population datasets

Depression doesn't shrink the brain like we thought it did | New Scientist

Rivet - Infrastructure for Software That Thinks - Rivet

Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now

DHS Facial Recognition Software Used Against Minnesota 15 - UNICORN RIOT

Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota

The movement to defend the Minneapolis 15

Right-leaning groups say MN 15 prosecution violates free speech of anti-ICE activists

Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent Comes for Minnesota Anti-ICE Organizers

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

domleca/llm-wiki

The borrowed mind

Karpathy's LLM Wiki: The Complete Guide to His Idea File

AI is probably not a bubble

Cory Doctorow Predicts the AI Bubble Will Burst | The Tyee

Open Minis — Your Private On-Device AI Agent

Bee 🐝 (@sweetbee.vip)

Bee 🐝 (@sweetbee.vip)

Reddit API controversy

Removing sexually explicit content from r/all

Why “Go Nuts, Show Nuts” Doesn’t Work in 2022 – @photomatt on Tumblr

The Verification Ladder: A Framework for Evaluating Video When You Can’t Tell What’s Real

Eastside Arts District

Welcome to Stir

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces 2026 lineup, from global icons to local heroes — Stir