- For years, I have complained that “nobody wakes up in the morning, looks at GDP statistics, and changes their plans for the day.” Listen to this podcast on mis-measuring productivity and manufacturing statistics, which may have given populists excuses to “fix” problems that never existed. (My impression is that many more people would be happier if they looked at their quality of life instead of a [random? inaccurate?] reference point that supposedly tells them how well they are doing compared to peers.
- Parents sometimes forget that they are not in control
- Hollywood may slowly be overcoming its sexism
- Will Smith “stopped caring about others’ opinions” when he turned 50
- Who are the Kurds? Trump certainly didn’t know who he betrayed.
- Check out these photos of museum visitors who “match the art”
- Airbnb is bringing cash to remote Himalayan villages. A good thing?
- Straight talk on privacy, encryption, crime and the State
- Why can’t billionaires just stop accumulating and help society?
- Capitalism in America: A tipping culture that borrows from the worst of Old Europe and WeWork’s crazy founder paid $1billion to go away.
H/T to PB