Disruptive changes spur searches for wisdom and preservation

by Jonas Pettibone About Jonas PettiboneOctober 30, 20266 links · ~73 min read · ~1 min for the TL;DR

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TL;DR

Eight books chosen for November focus on forgotten coding queens, untangled telephones, and a poisonous quest.
Melanie Challenger, Eve Livingston, M.R. O’Connor, Gordon Peake, and Blair Braverman authored five featured weekly longreads.
Artificial intelligence marks a transformative chapter in the history of mathematics, but it will not be the final one.
Twenty favorite books address the dream of finding instructions handed down by parents, teachers, or education on how to live.
Choices about what to preserve become politically and culturally fraught amid the slow disintegrations of the climate crisis.
Three Harvard professors discuss how to apply the practice of wisdom to everyday living during turbulent times.

From the curator

People search for guidance and durable knowledge during moments of disruption. NOEMA’s 16-minute article explains that choices about what to preserve grow politically and culturally fraught during the slow disintegrations of the climate crisis. At the same time, NOEMA’s 22-minute article demonstrates that artificial intelligence marks a transformative chapter in the history of mathematics, though not the final one. In nautil.us's 19-minute article, three Harvard professors discuss the practice of wisdom in daily life during turbulent times. Meanwhile, Maria Popova's 1-minute article for The Marginalian reviews twenty favorite books addressing the dream of finding instruction on how to live.

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nautil.us6 min readForgotten Coding Queens, Telephones Untangled, and a Poisonous Quest: 8 Books We’re Excited to Read This November - Nautilus
The Nautilus monthly reading list

Longreads8 min readThe Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Highlighting stories by Melanie Challenger, Eve Livingston, M.R. O’Connor, Gordon Peake, and Blair Braverman.

Longreads

NOEMAPaper · Atoosa Kasirzadeh · 2026A New Dawn For Mathematical Progress
Artificial intelligence is already a transformative chapter in the story of mathematics, but it won’t be the final one.

The Marginalian1 min read20 Favorite Books from 20 Years of The Marginalian
It is a beautiful dream, that there is something out there to instruct you how to live — a secret handed down by your parents or your teachers, a system like liberal arts…

Maria Popova · curated 1 time

NOEMAPaper · Kat Hill · 2026What We Can Save In A Time Of Endings
During the slow disintegrations of the climate crisis, choices about what to preserve become politically and culturally fraught.

nautil.us19 min readThe Quest for Wisdom in Turbulent Times - Nautilus
A conversation with three Harvard professors about the practice of wisdom in everyday living

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nautil.us6 min readForgotten Coding Queens, Telephones Untangled, and a Poisonous Quest: 8 Books We’re Excited to Read This November - NautilusThe Nautilus monthly reading list

Longreads8 min readThe Top 5 Longreads of the WeekHighlighting stories by Melanie Challenger, Eve Livingston, M.R. O’Connor, Gordon Peake, and Blair Braverman.

NOEMAPaper · Atoosa Kasirzadeh · 2026A New Dawn For Mathematical ProgressArtificial intelligence is already a transformative chapter in the story of mathematics, but it won’t be the final one.

The Marginalian1 min read20 Favorite Books from 20 Years of The MarginalianIt is a beautiful dream, that there is something out there to instruct you how to live — a secret handed down by your parents or your teachers, a system like liberal arts…

NOEMAPaper · Kat Hill · 2026What We Can Save In A Time Of EndingsDuring the slow disintegrations of the climate crisis, choices about what to preserve become politically and culturally fraught.

nautil.us19 min readThe Quest for Wisdom in Turbulent Times - NautilusA conversation with three Harvard professors about the practice of wisdom in everyday living