- Listen: People talking about their relation to water
- Read: The case for “[educational] credential disarmament”
- Read: A reporter creates “IdiotCoin” to show how stupid cryptocurrencies are. It rises in price. (Don’t underestimate the weirdness of markets.)
- Read: Zillow and other firms are buying and flipping houses for profit. I see this as a good (for them) business model due to the high transaction costs of buying/selling as well as the poor state of many houses for sale (=lower price).
- Read: Rolex was not “first on top of Everest” but you wouldn’t know it from their advertising.
- Read: How international scam artists pulled off an epic theft of Covid benefits [over half?!?]
- Read: Who Wants To Return To The Office? (White men)
- Read: Why are so many knowledge workers quitting their jobs? (Commutes?). Related: Those left behind are burning out.
- Listen to this 2011 debate “the war on terror was an appropriate response to 9/11.” Quite an interesting set of perspectives.
- Read: The secret lives of mosquitos (interesting!)