October readings: what I've been reading, thinking about, and listening to

Alzheimer's misconduct; search collapse; AI collapse; books I'm reading; fresh catches - Free will, SBF, Mantel; TRUTH; want to age well? No, Elon, NO!; castles burning; 'stacks

Alzheimer’s disease

Honestly, this leaves my jaw dropping.

From Science:

‘Co-developer of Cassava’s potential Alzheimer’s drug cited for ‘egregious misconduct’ City University of New York’s Hoau-Yan Wang couldn’t provide original data to refute allegations of image manipulation, university says.

It gets worse, generally: New Alzheimer’s drugs don’t deserv…