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Midweek greetings to all, as we unveil the 253rd chapter of Weekly Olio—a delightful concoction of laughter, insight, and a sprinkle of mystery. Within these pages, you'll discover a handpicked selection of fascinating finds from the vast realms of the internet.
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The Quote 💭
“Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.”
The Tweet 🐦
Demis Hassabis is the founder of Google’s Deepmind. This is a set of books that inspired him.
The Infographic 💹
Over the past 34 years the average Chinese man became, on average, 3 inches taller than his grandfather. A massive Lancet study tracked the height of 19-year-old men across 200 countries from 1985 to 2019. The primary reason - addition of animal based protein sources to the diet - as national income rose, more and more were able to afford meat. This resulted in a significant increase in height for the average Chinese male.
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The Short Read 📝
The war on Iran and the war on Anthropic - by Daron Acemoglu
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu argues that Trump's joint US-Israeli attack on Iran and his designation of AI company Anthropic as a supply-chain risk both reflect a Mugabe-like drive to demonstrate unconstrained power. The Iran strike, which killed Ayatollah Khamenei, risks prolonged Middle Eastern instability, potential martyrdom narratives, and reinvigorated proxies like Hezbollah — all without allied support or domestic mandate.
The Anthropic ban, triggered by the company's refusal to enable mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, signals that government, not the private sector, will control AI. Competitors like OpenAI rushed to comply, undermining safety norms. Acemoglu contends that in both cases the absurdity is deliberate: trampling rules to prove that rules no longer apply. Read more…
The Long Read 📜
How an Oil Refinery Works - by Construction Physics
Oil refineries transform crude oil — a complex mixture of thousands of hydrocarbons — into usable products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. The primary process is atmospheric distillation, where heated crude is separated into fractions based on boiling points in a tall column: light molecules rise to the top, heavy ones sink to the bottom.
Heavier fractions undergo catalytic cracking, which splits large molecules into lighter, more valuable ones using heat, pressure, and a catalyst. Additional processes include vacuum distillation, catalytic reforming, isomerization, and hydrotreating. Using Chevron's Richmond refinery as an example, the article illustrates how these processes connect in sequence. The U.S. alone operates 132 refineries processing over 18 million barrels daily. Read the full article on how a critical piece of infrastructure that powers modern lives operates. Read more…
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