The Week's Top Ten Gentle Reads
The most read stories of the week from the Gentle Reader Community
This week on Gentle Reader, our community of readers have been devouring tales of data, politics and crime. Stories about algorithmic trading, interviews with AI experts and longreads on naval disasters, captured their imaginations.
Every week, Gentle Readers use our app to discover and enjoy the most compelling writing the internet has to offer. You can see what they loved reading below. The links will open in the Gentle Reader app, a quiet place to catch up on the week's best reads.
Top reads of the week on Gentle Reader
The Star of the Silken Screen
By David Salle, New York Review of Books
Andy Warhol was the first artist to grasp the potential for pattern and rhythm released by the screen-print process.
Money Machines
By Logic Magazine
An interview with an anonymous algorithmic trader, who explains how algorithms are rewiring finance.
The Little Island that Could
By Michael Hofmann, LRB
Michael Hofmann on Brexitosis.
Confessions of a White Vampire
By Jeremy Narby, Granta
‘Many of the people I was living with considered me a white vampire, who killed to extract human fat.’ Jeremy Narby on the Amazonian myth of the white vampire.
The Inside Story of an American Warship Doomed by Its Own Navy
By T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi, ProPublica
An investigation finds officials ignored warnings for years before one of the deadliest naval crashes in decades.
The Strange, Never-Ending Saga of MoviePass
By Andrew Gruttadaro, The Ringer
It was the greatest deal—or scam, depending on whom you ask—in movie history. And then it fell apart. Will the public and the industry ever forgive MoviePass?
An Interview with Temple Grandin
By Ross Simonini, Believer Magazine
‘A lot of famous musicians and scientists would probably be placed on the autism spectrum if they were [children] today. I’ve been to Silicon Valley. Half of those programmers are on the spectrum.’
Secrets & Wives
By Matthew Pearl & Greg Nichols, Medium
A single working mom begins a whirlwind romance with a man named Martin Lewis, then discovers that Martin Lewis doesn’t exist. This true story picks up right where Scorsese’s ‘GoodFellas’ left off.
The Titan’s Shadow
By Jeffrey Arlo Brown and Hartmut Welcher, Van Magazine
Barenboim is a great musician and humanist. So why are so many people afraid of him?
'Analysis is easy. The trick is turning it into info players can use'
By Jarrod Kimber, Cricket Monthly
Nathan Leamon, England's cricket team analyst and head of research and innovation, talks about using data to get ahead.