Friday assorted links

1. An AI class created from a talk I gave.

2. A quite good essay on how to find books to read.  And “if I quit social media, will I read more books?” (New Yorker)

3. Google Maps as market maker.

4. NYT advice on how to find a good restaurant when traveling abroad, the piece feels decades out of date?

5. Casey Handmer energy predictions.

6. Kristina Fort on Prague.

7. Review of GPT 5.2.

8. Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France.

9. How much did Oliver Sacks distort his stories? (New Yorker)