Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts.
This has been a good week in the territory. @Undisciplined led the way with his extensive review of “The Righteous Mind”, but there were many and varied posts here.

@Nadia, @Malachi17, and @0268a5c238 posted original poetry this week. I’m not qualified as a poetry critic, but I know what I like. I liked these! You can permanently find them in the poetry index below.

I have posted the second “Book Review Directory”. Eventually I would like to organize these reviews by genre, but it’s really not practical until SN permits editable posts. Otherwise it’s too time consuming to keep them updated. I missed including one of @speakingyourtruth’s monthly review posts in the directory. You can find it in the index until I can include it in the next directory. As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
I hope everyone has a good week.

Here are this week’s top posts:

Please read the article linked to this post. @Malachi17 uses a Poe short story to make the argument that current language has been dumbed down and simplified. I know that’s not exactly a unique opinion, but he does it so well here, and even raises the possibility that computer code may be both a cause and a possible solution.

I promise it will be worth your time.

This was posted this morning, right before the cutoff for the newsletter. I’m really glad I read it before the deadline. Since it’s an early Saturday morning in the US, this submission may not get the attention it deserves.

Everyone should read it. This is an insightful, very well written article about Africa from someone who knows the situation on the ground. It’s a clear eyed discussion of the effects of colonialism and religious proselytizing on the continent. The author is focused on exploring bitcoin adoption in Africa. I hope we get to read more from this account in the future.

This week’s Golden Oldie:

Some people are convinced that Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto. Whether he is or isn’t, there is no doubt he was a force in the cypherpunk movement that eventually spawned bitcoin. He’s also a brilliant guy. Here, we get an inside look at what he’s reading.

Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.