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Happy Sunday.
Here’s today’s ITK Daily.
To be ITK, know this:
The world ended in 1973: In the West, five decades of economic stagnation have scrambled politics. Alex Hochuli
China and Russia are beating the West in Africa: Recently, leaders from 17 African countries will be guests of Vladimir Putin. Alongside Russia, all the major powers are vying for influence and raw materials on the continent. The conditions are increasingly dictated by the Africans themselves, with the West often coming away empty-handed. Der Spiegel
Superstar cities in the age of Zoom Paul Krugman
EV boom remakes rural towns in the American South: A town of 400 people scrambles to prepare for 6,000 auto workers as a giant Ford plant rises. WSJ
Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? I learned a lot by reading dozens of Waymo and Cruise crash reports. Timothy B. Lee
Quick study: How to think like a venture capitalist: In selecting investments, VCs take a unique approach. Kelsey Doyle
The secret life of Druids: The Greeks and Romans portrayed these elusive priests as bogeymen who bathed in their victims’ blood. Who were they really? Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Andrey Melnichenko: ‘It’s pointless to talk about good and evil’: Russia’s richest man on war crimes, the fallout from sanctions — and how the invasion of Ukraine made him a ‘pariah’ in Dubai. Lunch with FT
Sofia Coppola can relate: The director’s eighth film Priscilla puts us in the shoes of Elvis Presley’s teenage girlfriend. It’s a story she thinks we can all understand. FT
How the humble baseball cap became the chic way to lie low: From Kendall Jenner to Kendall Roy, the rich and famous have turned caps into a performatively ordinary outfit topper. Lauren Cochrane
Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.
-Marc
Marc A. Ross | Chief Communications Strategist @ Caracal
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