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# What I've Read and Listened to This Week
- URL: https://bachtalk.ghost.io/what-ive-read-and-listened-to-this/
- Published: 2023-03-04T19:46:18.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-04T19:46:18.000Z
- Description: Saturday, March 4, 2023
- Author: Carlton Monroe
- Tags: #Migrated-1789505908714, #Import 2026-09-15 20:59

[Brad Delong interviewed on Conversations with Tyler (podcast)](https://pca.st/i5xqhd7b?ref=bachtalk.ghost.io). "There is no better way for harnessing the eight-billion-brain anthology intelligence of humanity to achieving the social goals we all want, other than to organize a well-functioning market system. That is a basic and serious truth."

[The Return of the Magicians (column), by Ross Douthat (NYT)](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/opinion/magic-science-ufo-ai.html?ref=bachtalk.ghost.io). On AI bots, UFO's, and spirituality through drugs.

[Sails and Sail Plan, The Quarterdeck Sailing Podcast](https://pca.st/9d9w0fwa?ref=bachtalk.ghost.io)

(Current book) [Reading the Glass: A CAPTAIN'S VIEW OF WEATHER, WATER, AND LIFE ON SHIPS, By Elliot Rappaport](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672096/reading-the-glass-by-elliot-rappaport/?ref=bachtalk.ghost.io). A fantastically well-written book about weather and its influence on the sailor.

[St. Matthew Passion (Bach), RIAS Chamber Choir, Rene Jacobs](https://www.amazon.com/Bach-Matth%C3%A4us-Passion-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B00COU07W0/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=JHBLCUFQ8ZOI&keywords=st+matthew+passion+rias&qid=1677958717&sprefix=st+matthew+passion+rias%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1&ref=bachtalk.ghost.io). Very slow opening chorus, but passionate and sonorous.