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# Further Reading
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/02/08/further-reading-112/
- Published: 2026-02-08T14:01:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-08T14:01:36.000Z
- Description: Visions of America. Derrida on hospitality. Astrocytes. Kojève vs Hegel. Quantum computers. The mysteries of Easter Island. A starless cloud of hydrogen gas. Morton Feldman. Barnett Newman. Gertrude Stein. And more.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Further Reading

[Visions of America](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/adam-shatz/another-country?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

A [definitive history](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/books/review/mike-pitts-island-at-the-edge-of-the-world.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) of the mysteries of Easter Island. I've added it to my reading list.

[Derrida on hospitality](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n19/jonathan-ree/no-foreigners?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Was, [wenn der Vernunft nicht siegt](https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-01/groenland-usa-trump?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)?

Hal Foster on [a new biography of Barnett Newman](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/hal-foster/zip-it?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Morton Feldman at 100](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/morton-feldman-at-100-music-review?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Quantum computers could be here [in a decade](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00312-6?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Astronomers announced the discovery of [a starless cloud of hydrogen gas](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/cloud-9-starless-dark-galaxy.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com), a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself. 

String theory can now describe [a universe that has dark energy](https://www.quantamagazine.org/string-theory-can-now-describe-a-universe-that-has-dark-energy-20260114/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[The cult of Charvet](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/style/the-cult-of-charvet.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Is particle physics [dead, dying, or just hard](https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-physics-dead-dying-or-just-hard-20260126/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)? Or neither and both?

Donald MacKenzie on [AI’s scale](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/donald-mackenzie/ai-s-scale?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

A [new Gertrude Stein biography](https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/epic-ambitions-gertrude-stein-an-afterlife/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Kojève vs Hegel](https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/jonathan-ree/we-are-all-layabouts-now?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[New experiments](https://www.quantamagazine.org/once-thought-to-support-neurons-astrocytes-turn-out-to-be-in-charge-20260130/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest that neuron-only brain models, such as connectomes, leave out a crucial layer of regulation.

[Alexander Calder](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alexander-calder-gardens-fondation-louis-vuitton-paris?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) takes flight—again.

One year after the [Los Angeles Eaton Fire](https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/eaton-fire-altadena-house-rebuilding-insurance-damages/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

[Der Schwindel der Kunstfreiheit](https://www.merkur-zeitschrift.de/artikel/der-schwindel-der-kunstfreiheit-a-mr-80-2-62/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).

Slavoj Zizek on [Trump and Europe](https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-01/donald-trump-europa-neudefinition-slavoj-zizek?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). "Donald Trump hat recht: Die alte Idee von Europa ist an ihre Grenzen gestoßen. Jetzt müssen wir sie überwinden. Und stehen deshalb vor einer schwierigen Wahl."