Noah Brier | February 28, 2026
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 94
Featuring Rolex University, Renaissance rivalries, and a starry new advice collection.
Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
Letters to a Young Creator (Steve Jobs Archive)
A newly-accessible Rilke-inspired project featuring advice from Tadao Ando, Mickey Drexler, Lord Norman Foster, Bob Iger, Jimmy Iovine, Jony Ive, Alan Kay, Marc Newson, Cindy Sherman, and many others.
Inside Texas’ Rolex University (British GQ)
The US has fewer than 2,000 professional watchmakers. Rolex opened a school in Texas to fix that – and competition for a place is on a par with Harvard.
The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cares Die (Wired)
Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.
Aga Khan dies with mystery of Shergar kidnapping still unsolved (The Guardian)
From last year, but a wild tale that was new to me.
Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks (NYT)
Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.
Frailty Can be Eased with Infusion of Stem Cells from Young People (New Scientist)
A stem cell therapy seems to target the underlying causes of the condition, boosting the mobility of older people.
The Friar Park Documentary: A Magical Journey through George Harrison’s Estate (YouTube)
I watch this more or less yearly.