1. The rise of Chinese micro-dramas.

2. Niklas Luhmann.

3. Why Rome never industrialized (YouTube video).

4. One account of the genocidal impulse.

5. Organs on demand?  We will see.

6. U.S. at the Venice Biennial (NYT).

7. “Argentina’s economy shrank 2.6 per cent in February compared to January, the largest monthly contraction since President Javier Milei took office in late 2023, as his inflation-busting economic programme weighed on major industries.”  FT link here.

8. Some observations on Iran.

9. David Malouf, RIP.

10. A fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside an Egyptian mummy?