Reading List Week 23

Published on Thu 11 June 2026 in Reading Lists

Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

  • A history of the Swiss legal requirement to provide fall-out shelter space for every citizen, or, why you see bunkers everywhere in Zurich.

Book Review: What We Owe The Future

  • A discussion of Will MacAskill's introduction to longtermism and moral priorities.

The 60-Year Old Algorithm Underlying Today’s Tech

  • The history and impact of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).

How to Earn a Billion Dollars

  • Paul Graham's essay on how exponential growth works.