“If You Only Read A Few Books In 2018, Read These” published in The Miss ion by Ryan Holiday

[Medium Logo] Today’s highlights RyanHoliday/if-you-only-read-a-few-books-in-2018-read-these-89d03fc149c6?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------0-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top [[If You Only Read A Few Books In 2018, Read These](RyanHoliday/if-you-only-read-a-few-books-in-2018-read-these-89d03fc149c6?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------0-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) If you’d liked to be jerked around less, provoked less, and more productive and inwardly focused, where…](RyanHoliday/if-you-only-read-a-few-books-in-2018-read-these-89d03fc149c6?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------0-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) [Ryan Holiday](RyanHoliday?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51) in [The Mission]( min read michikokakutani/the-orange-elephant-in-the-room-5bf6f6fb2b7c?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------1-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top [[The Orange Elephant in the Room](michikokakutani/the-orange-elephant-in-the-room-5bf6f6fb2b7c?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------1-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) Public trust is eroding for plenty of reasons, but let’s not discount the man at the heart of it all](michikokakutani/the-orange-elephant-in-the-room-5bf6f6fb2b7c?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------1-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) [Michiko Kakutani](michikokakutani?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51)[Member only content]4 min read KeaWorthen/we-are-on-repeat-america-9700f5672b05?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------2-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top [[You Want to Know Who America Is, Pay Attention to Who She Was](KeaWorthen/we-are-on-repeat-america-9700f5672b05?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------2-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) We’ve been here before](KeaWorthen/we-are-on-repeat-america-9700f5672b05?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------2-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) [K. Worthen](KeaWorthen?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51)[Member only content]8 min read thathagengrrl/in-search-of-the-last-great-video-store-efcc393f2982?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------3-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top [[In Search of the Last Great Video Store](thathagengrrl/in-search-of-the-last-great-video-store-efcc393f2982?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------3-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) A few months back, I had a very specific movie craving — I wanted to watch FRESH HORSES, a 1988 romantic…](thathagengrrl/in-search-of-the-last-great-video-store-efcc393f2982?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------3-51------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-1§ionName=top) [Kate Hagen](thathagengrrl?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51) in [The Black List Blog]( min read Editors’ picks v_solesmith/the-people-who-are-afraid-of-food-522b5c2bd6d0?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------0-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested [[The People Who Are Afraid of Food](v_solesmith/the-people-who-are-afraid-of-food-522b5c2bd6d0?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------0-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested) New kinds of eating disorders feed off our cultural obsession with healthy diets](v_solesmith/the-people-who-are-afraid-of-food-522b5c2bd6d0?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------0-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested) [Virginia Sole-Smith](v_solesmith?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51)[Member only content]15 min read andrew_helms/scenes-from-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-party-4aac357b6f5f?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------1-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested [[Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Victory Party](andrew_helms/scenes-from-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-party-4aac357b6f5f?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------1-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested) An evening with the progressive 28-year-old rising star and her biggest supporters](andrew_helms/scenes-from-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-party-4aac357b6f5f?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------1-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested) [Andrew Helms](andrew_helms?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51)[Member only content]5 min read Dr_Gleb_Tsipursky/were-in-an-epidemic-of-mistrust-in-science-4cac447fa4ed?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------2-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested [[We’re In an Epidemic of Mistrust in Science](Dr_Gleb_Tsipursky/were-in-an-epidemic-of-mistrust-in-science-4cac447fa4ed?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------2-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested) Academia isn’t immune to the scourge of misinformation](Dr_Gleb_Tsipursky/were-in-an-epidemic-of-mistrust-in-science-4cac447fa4ed?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader------2-3------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51-6§ionName=suggested) [Gleb Tsipursky](Dr_Gleb_Tsipursky?source=email-6208280b72a3-1530228383779-digest.reader-------------------------0814aa84_ccf7_4aad_9891_77c59cad0b51)[Member only content]8 min read Still looking for something to read? 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