Further reading for the weekend: French riots, the origins of genius, a Chinese ASML or a balance sheet recession

Plus why uranium shipments out of Russia may be at risk

The infrastructure of genius

The cultural commentator Ian Leslie has a fantastic piece out last week on the background infrastructure required to enable geniuses to emerge, specifically musical genius. He’s interested in why, for instance, the American black community is so talented musically – church helps but arguably a determined school-based program …