What We’re Reading: The Psychology of Money 

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Updated 15 August 2023
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What We’re Reading: The Psychology of Money 

Author: Morgan Mysel

Money is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people do not make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. 

They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where your own unique view of the world, ego, pride and marketing are scrambled together. 

In this book, Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives’

Updated 12 January 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives’

Authors: Asier Larramendi Aand Marco P. Ferretti

Today, only three species of elephants survive—the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).

However, these modern giants represent just a fraction of the vast and diverse order Proboscidea, which includes not only living elephants but also their many extinct relatives.

Over the past 60 million years, proboscideans have evolved and adapted across five continents, giving rise to an astonishing variety of forms.