writing "Slow multitasking" is the good kind of multitasking Cory Doctorow

corruption Which countries' diplomats pay parking tickets and which don't? Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

complexity Antikondo: Orderliness is not the same as efficiency Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Cautionary Tales: a new podcast that tells the intriguing stories of historical "mishaps, fiascos and disasters" Cory Doctorow

crimes Bank teller allegedly attempted to burglarize customer who made large withdrawal David Pescovitz

happy mutants A good day for kid RPGs! Cory Doctorow

health Elizabeth Warren's bold, risky, well-intentioned plan to improve health outcomes for African-American mothers giving birth Cory Doctorow

lawyering while black Black attorney gets detained because sheriff thinks he's just pretending to be a lawyer Carla Sinclair

christ what an asshole The "Tragedy of the Commons" was invented by a white supremacist based on a false history, and it's toxic bullshit Cory Doctorow

class war Universal basic income vs jobs guarantees: which one will make us happier? Cory Doctorow

scholarship Facebook is worth much less to its users than search and email, but it keeps a larger share of the value Cory Doctorow

politics Referendums and low-engagement voters produce catastrophic outcomes (but what about corruption?) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Amazing Tales: a storytelling game with dice for kids and grownups Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A critical statistics education that fits on a postcard Cory Doctorow

Science AlphaGo Zero shows that corporate R&D has starved basic research in favor of safe bets and tinkering at the margins Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim Harford's bite-sized "Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy" Cory Doctorow

Business Britain's preferred car-loans are incomprehensible financialized garbage: what could go wrong? Cory Doctorow

books London! I'll see you tonight on the Walkaway tour! (then Liverpool, Birmingham, and Hay…) (!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Oxford, I'll see you tonight on the Walkaway tour (then London, Liverpool, Birmingham…) (!) Cory Doctorow