What I read this week...

The Gambler Who Beat Roulette (Bloomberg)

Why journalists can't quit Twitter (Platformer)

Industrial policy doesn't have to succeed right away (Noahpinion)

How The Best Investors Obsess Over Interest Rates (The Pomp Letter)

Google reveals its newest A.I. supercomputer, says it beats Nvidia (CNBC)

Tim Cook on Shaping the Future of Apple (GQ)

Jerry Brown Is Angry: Why Is America Barreling Into a Cold War With China? (Politico)

In Croatia, U.S. Campaigned to Stop Chinese Bid on Key Port (WSJ)

Downtown San Francisco Vacancies Hit Record High as City Nears Breaking Point (SF Standard)

Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire (Pro Publica)

How long does it take to build a nuclear reactor? (Hannah Ritchie)

It’s raining seeds (Coral Carbon)

Big If True: Quantum Computers (Cleo Abram)

NASA’s Webb Scores Another Ringed World With New Image of Uranus (NASA)