- The mathematics driving faster swimming
- We need to follow Dr Ruth’s sex advice rather than lose ourselves in woke mumbo jumbo.
- Listen to this warning of how dependence on AIs can lead us to disaster.
- Way too deep for an article on sports: Aside from tax collectors, meter maids, and politicians, umpires and referees might be the most disliked people in public life. It’s a wonder anyone signs up for the job. We all say that we believe in fairness, that few things matter more, and yet we abuse and vilify the people who enforce it. That’s because we’re liars. We don’t want to believe that the world is a fair place; we want to believe that it’s rigged against us, because then we don’t have to feel responsible for our own failures.
- What adults lost when kids stopped playing in the street
- Trees are good for reducing urban heat but don’t forget shade!
- Poor Black Kids Are Doing Better. Poor White Kids Are Doing Worse [in the US]… due to inequality. I am pretty sure that the rich will deflect this by encouraging racism… as they did in the 17th century. Read more on class, race and the chances of outgrowing poverty
- Lithium batteries are feeding the problem of throw-away-electronics.
- Wanna break a cozy cartel? How about the Italian beach umbrella mafia?
- Use taxes to fix overtourism (start with €20/night for Amsterdam). I wrote about this 20 years ago!
