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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2015/05/08/further-reading-17/
- Published: 2015-05-08T18:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-08-26T18:29:18.000Z
- Description: Rem Koolhaas on the danger of turning cities into historical Disneylands. Peter Pomerantsev on information-psychological war. Why Dutch people are so tall. Smart people worry more. The evolution of American popular music between 1960–2010. Interview with Slavoj Zizek. And more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

Rem Koolhaas talks about [the new Fondazione Prada museum](http://t.co/ucAGfrka3D?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) and the danger of turning cities into historical Disneylands.

A fascinating quantitative analysis shows [the evolution of American popular music between 1960–2010.](http://t.co/xqQ22TCKwL?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Photographs of [the earthquake devastation in Nepal.](http://t.co/VrrxlnTBsY?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Dolphins are almost certainly smart enough to use language, but if they do, [we are not smart enough to understand it.](http://t.co/1WaB6TRXIy?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Ignorance is bliss. Recent studies suggest that the reverse is also true: [smart people worry more.](http://t.co/kXhpzt4BPC?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Ben Bernanke on why interest rates are so low and [the role of the declining term premium.](http://t.co/b94xGNx8hu?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

A gallery of [unforgettable Hubble Space Telescope photos.](http://t.co/9bGEY1pQGO?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

[Intriguing essay](http://t.co/KqG11poM1w?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) by Peter Pomerantsev on information-psychological war. I'm afraid we'll see more of this in the future.

[Scientists try to answer why Dutch people are so tall.](http://t.co/6etMmK3oSl?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) I'm 1.99 meter tall. There are more and more people in the Netherlands, both men and women, who are about as tall as I am.

What will happen to Las Vegas if current trends (water consumption, climate change, etc.) [are extrapolated](http://t.co/ABh2KkEdH1?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)?

*Der Spiegel* interview with Slavoj Zizek: ["The greatest threat to Europe is its inertia."](http://t.co/ZNkQC7krws?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)

Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.

Just because you’ve lost your way doesn’t mean you're lost forever.