THERE ARE PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE RULES ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN KINDNESS by Carlo Rovelli

Lots of captivating and condensed pieces on philosophy, meaning of science, role of religion and the nature of black holes.
Add to that, in the middle of it all, there’s one of the most wildest descriptions of love ever written by Lucretius in “De Rerum Natura”:

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘴
𝘚𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥,
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺,
𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴
𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩,
𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 —
𝘐𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺,
𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺,
𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.”