Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track.
Welcome to The Monday List.
Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.
What We’re Reading This Week:
My Journey to the Edge of Space
I tagged along with elite U-2 pilots for a high-altitude flight above Earth
Can Netflix Beat Bollywood?
Reed Hastings looks to India, which boasts more than 150 million people with broadband access.
The Greatest Martinis in the World
Naren Young—top cocktail consultant, proprietor of New York’s Caffe Dante and martini obsessive—names his favorites from a 20-year career tending bar.
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist?
Rob Wielgus was one of America’s pre-eminent experts on large carnivores. Then he ran afoul of the enemies of the wolf.
New Sentences: From ‘What We Think About When We Think About Soccer’
‘Each football game is a repetition of the last game and anticipates the repetition of the next.’
How the Startup Mentality Failed Kids in San Francisco
Huge contributions from tech titans, a STEM-packed curriculum, gadgets everywhere: Willie Brown Middle School was supposed to set the bar. Then it opened.
