- Capetown avoided Day Zero with some action (including cutting off farmers) and luck
- In “shocked, I’m shocked” news, there’s a rise in addition among pot smokers in the legal and highly innovative US market. Addiction is often a symptom of deeper problems, and neither pot, nor alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, etc. will fix them!
- Turning away from the modern world to a more balanced life.
- Lying for a good cause: Nature documentaries
- Why Americans break so many driving laws (and kill people)
- Paul Romer has good opinions on economics and cities
- Margaret Atwood is wise
- The rise of audiobooks
- Rules for civil servants, 1949 edition
- Paper vs blowdryers in public bathrooms