Matt Waldman’s Reads Listens Views is back and devoted to a short list of recommended reads, listens, and views for the week.  

Welcome

If you’re new to the Rookie Scouting Portfolio blog, welcome.  Every Friday, I post links to pieces that I’ve found personally compelling or to content I hope will eventually scratch that itch when I get around to it.

You may not like everything listed here, but you’re bound to like something.

Reads

Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong  (Why it’s so hard to see our own ignorance, and what to do about it)…I haven’t read this yet but I’m looking forward to it. We all need a dose.

I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone (T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track most phones in the country.)…I’ve read this one and it’s disquieting information.

Listens

Rest in peace, Roy Hargrove…

Views

If I had this kid’s ears…but this video goes way beyond perfect pitch but early childhood development and acquiring language. Fascinating.

Jem Cresswell’s photos of the Humpback Whale.

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