This week’s TAMIM Reading List captures a world in flux, where technology, money, ethics, and identity intersect in surprising ways. Google is quietly shifting its role from search engine to answer gatekeeper, while North Korea is reportedly gaming AI job interviews to infiltrate tech firms. As AI accelerates, thought leaders warn that protecting human creativity may soon be as important as protecting natural resources. In the U.S., a stark split in consumer behaviour emerges between the wealthy and the rest. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s political transformation adds fuel to an already polarised moment. For balance, we finish with dogs, pills, and Aaron Judge’s improbable year.
📚 The World’s Largest Search Engine Doesn’t Want You to Search
📚 Wealthy consumers upped their spending last quarter, while the rest of America is cutting back.
📚 This Pill Promises to Give Your Dog More Years. You Might Not Like What Comes With Them.
📚 Inside Elon Musk’s Grievance-Fueled MAGA-morphosis
📚 In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource
