* How science fiction feeds the fuel solutions of the future.
* The Future of Clothing Isn’t in Tatters. See also the book Junkyard Planet, which is amazingly good.
* “Belief in College Has Become Religious,” though not by me, unless exposure has made me the equivalent of an atheist.
* How the humble bicycle can save our cities. Oddly, it never mentions ebikes. Also, Electric bike purchases pulling people from private cars, finds NITC study. This should be obvious to anyone who’s ever ridden an electric bike. Propella makes a $1,000 ebike that looks pretty good.
* “The scientific paper is obsolete,” a much more thorough and interesting treatment than is implied by the title.
* Politics vs aesthetics: on James Wood. Wood is awesome and not everything has to be political everywhere, all the time. Aesthetics endure much better than politics.
* The Disappearing Doctor: How Mega-Mergers Are Changing the Business of Medical Care
* A New Study Shows How American Polarization Is Driven by a Team Sport Mentality, Not by Disagreement on Issues. Seems pretty obvious to me; just try asking people who are superficially political how the federal budget is divided up. Their answers are likely to be revealing. And, to use a Jonathan Haidt point, why should opinions on, say, abortion, be correlated with opinions on taxes? The two issues seem totally separate.
* “Why ‘The China Hustle’ is a finance documentary all U.S. investors need to see.” I can’t attest to the veracity of this one, but it at least seems plausible.
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