* Paul Graham on putting ideas into words.
* “Democrats’ college degree divide: More educated Democrats are more progressive across the board.” This seems important but also under-emphasized.
* “Pedestrian Deaths Spike in U.S. as Reckless Driving Surges.”
* “Why America Has So Few Doctors: As a matter of basic economics, fewer doctors means less care and more expensive services.” The needlessly, pointlessly arduous process of becoming a doctor makes me and others like me write essays telling people not to do it, and it encourages the growth of pseudo-doctoring in the form of nurses practitioners and physicians assistants. But the current system serves many of the people enmeshed in the current system effectively, and so it persists, even if no one would set it up this way if we were starting over.
* The worst megadrought in 1,200 years is exacerbated by climate change. This is bad, but, despite what you hear, it seems almost no one really cares.
* Billy Collins on the art of poetry. He seems to be extremely charming and interesting in almost all that the does.
* On the political need to build the future, and focus on the future rather than the past. The real value comes not in taking more of the pie, but expanding its size.
* “The data are clear: The boys are not all right.” Surprising to see this in the Washington Post. What could be amiss in schools? That essay is from 2014, and have things improved, or declined, in this respect, since then?
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