Boring technology, cheap solar, corner shops and the man who tuned your dishwasher. This week’s six links.Worth your Sunday: six links a { color: inherit; } .digest-footer a { text-decoration: underline; } Read it in your browserNO. 112 · SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2026Worth your SundayHello {{ contact.firstName|default('there') }},This week’s pile leans practical: a decade-old essay that still settles arguments, a chart that should embarrass every forecaster, and a podcast episode I have already sent to three people. Pour something warm and take your time.— Jonas, editor at {{ tenant.name }}THE LONG VIEWThe case for boring technology, ten years onThe old argument still holds: every shiny new tool spends some of a team’s limited appetite for surprises. A calm re-read for anyone picking a stack this autumn.FIELD NOTES QUARTERLYWhy solar got cheap faster than anyone forecastTwenty years of forecasts plotted against what actually happened. The gap is the story, and the charts are worth the click alone.STREETS & SQUARESThe quiet return of the corner shopSmall grocers are reopening on streets that lost them. The reasons have less to do with nostalgia than with delivery fees.UNDERGROWTHWhat plants know about keeping timeA botanist on the internal clocks of leaves, and what a sunflower can teach a team that keeps missing its deadlines.THE LISTENING ROOMThe sound designers of everyday objectsSomeone decided what your dishwasher says when it finishes. A 38-minute episode we listened to twice.MARGINALIAMaps that changed how a city was plannedSix hand-drawn maps, from Paris in 1739 to Lagos last year, and the decisions each one made possible.Found something we should read? Reply to this email; every link in this issue started as a reader’s tip.Browse past issuesYou get the Sunday digest because you subscribed to reading notes from {{ tenant.name }}. We link to other sites; we are not paid for any link.Choose what you get · Unsubscribe