Tuesday, January 31, 2017

America’s Great Divergence by Alana Semuels

America’s Great Divergence by Alana Semuels

Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality by David A. Keiser and Joseph S. Shapiro

Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality by David A. Keiser and Joseph S. Shapiro

Aggregating the Fertility Transition: Intergenerational Dynamics in Quality and Quantity by Tom S. Vogl

Aggregating the Fertility Transition: Intergenerational Dynamics in Quality and Quantity by Tom S. Vogl

When Children Rule: Parenting in Modern Families by Sebastian Galiani, Matthew Staiger, and Gustavo Torrens

When Children Rule: Parenting in Modern Families by Sebastian Galiani, Matthew Staiger, and Gustavo Torrens

How Media Fuels our Fear of Western Terrorism from Nemil

How Media Fuels our Fear of Western Terrorism from Nemil

Humble Pie in Short Supply by Theodore Dalrymple

Humble Pie in Short Supply by Theodore Dalrymple

Monday, January 30, 2017

When it comes to Trump, liberals can’t see shades of gray by Charlotte Allen

When it comes to Trump, liberals can’t see shades of gray by Charlotte Allen

Weak and Incompetent Leaders act like Strong Leaders by Tom Pepinsky

Weak and Incompetent Leaders act like Strong Leaders by Tom Pepinsky

Scottish higher education should be for all, not the gilded few by Kevin McKenna

Scottish higher education should be for all, not the gilded few by Kevin McKenna

When Truth Becomes a Commodity by Daniel T. Rodgers

When Truth Becomes a Commodity by Daniel T. Rodgers

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down by Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down by Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus

Cross-validating the Human Accomplishment dataset with Wikipedia by Emil O.W. Kirkegaard

Cross-validating the Human Accomplishment dataset with Wikipedia by Emil O.W. Kirkegaard

The skills where you still have the edge over robots by Gus Lubin

The skills where you still have the edge over robots by Gus Lubin

Post-Election Thoughts by L. Neil Smith

Post-Election Thoughts by L. Neil Smith

Thursday, January 26, 2017

A Libertarian Builds Low-Cost Private Schools for the Masses from ReasonTV

A Libertarian Builds Low-Cost Private Schools for the Masses from ReasonTV

Verifying interactions between AVs and people by Yoav Hollander

Verifying interactions between AVs and people by Yoav Hollander

America's Long-Overdue Opioid Revolution Is Finally Here by Jon Kelvey

America's Long-Overdue Opioid Revolution Is Finally Here by Jon Kelvey

Why Did Humans Evolve Big Penises But Small Testicles? by Mark Maslin

Why Did Humans Evolve Big Penises But Small Testicles? by Mark Maslin

Will a Tiny, Blind, Subterranean Bug Be the Undoing of the Federal Leviathan? by Mark Pulliam

Will a Tiny, Blind, Subterranean Bug Be the Undoing of the Federal Leviathan? by Mark Pulliam

For Scientists, Chunks of Whale Earwax Can Be Biological Treasure Troves by Wendy Mitman Clarke

For Scientists, Chunks of Whale Earwax Can Be Biological Treasure Troves by Wendy Mitman Clarke.

Politics Behind NYT's Misuse of Language by Peter J. Wallison

Politics Behind NYT's Misuse of Language by Peter J. Wallison

The World Turned Upside Down by Victor Davis Hanson

The World Turned Upside Down by Victor Davis Hanson

Why Trump's probe of voter fraud is long overdue by John Fund By John Fund, Hans A. von Spakovsky

Why Trump's probe of voter fraud is long overdue by John Fund By John Fund, Hans A. von Spakovsky

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Connoisseur of Chaos by Stefan Kanfer

Connoisseur of Chaos by Stefan Kanfer

Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost From the Young by Conor Dougherty

Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost From the Young by Conor Dougherty

America’s Global Image by Richard Wike, Bruce Stokes, and Jacob Poushter

America’s Global Image by Richard Wike, Bruce Stokes, and Jacob Poushter

Better wisdom from crowds by Peter Dizikes

Better wisdom from crowds by Peter Dizikes

Better Wisdom from Crowds by Mark Thoma

Better Wisdom from Crowds by Mark Thoma

Democratic vs. Republican occupations graphic

Democratic vs. Republican occupations graphic

Rule of the Global Eunuch by Costin Vlad Alamariu

Rule of the Global Eunuch by Costin Vlad Alamariu

47.9%: Obama Had Lower Average Approval Rating Than Nixon or Bush by Terence P. Jeffrey

47.9%: Obama Had Lower Average Approval Rating Than Nixon or Bush by Terence P. Jeffrey

The Turnaround Fallacy by Andy Smarick

The Turnaround Fallacy by Andy Smarick

Monday, January 23, 2017

Obama Stayed Out of the Swamp, and That Hurt Him by Megan McArdle

Obama Stayed Out of the Swamp, and That Hurt Him by Megan McArdle

Updating Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" for the Trump Era by Richard Porter

Updating Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" for the Trump Era by Richard Porter

Cognitive development and social policy by Firkowska AN, Ostrowska A, Sokolowska M, Stein Z, Susser M, Wald I.

Cognitive development and social policy by Firkowska AN, Ostrowska A, Sokolowska M, Stein Z, Susser M, Wald I.

The Adaptive Significance Of Priming by Jesse Marczyk

The Adaptive Significance Of Priming by Jesse Marczyk

School Improvement Grants: Implementation and Effectiveness by Lisa Dragoset, et al

School Improvement Grants: Implementation and Effectiveness by Lisa Dragoset, et al

On the pursuit of desired attitudes: Wanting a different attitude affects information processing and behavior by Kenneth G. DeMarree, et al

On the pursuit of desired attitudes: Wanting a different attitude affects information processing and behavior by Kenneth G. DeMarree, et al

Comparing Apples to Oranges: Differences in Women's and Men's Incarceration and Sentencing Outcomes by Kristin F. Butcher, Kyung H. Park, and Anne Morrison Piehl

Comparing Apples to Oranges: Differences in Women's and Men's Incarceration and Sentencing Outcomes by Kristin F. Butcher, Kyung H. Park, and Anne Morrison Piehl

Researchers Created Fake News. Here’s What They Found. by Neil Irwin

Researchers Created Fake News. Here’s What They Found. by Neil Irwin

Life Among the Lacedaemonians Book review by Waller R. Newell

Life Among the Lacedaemonians Book review by Waller R. Newell

The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science by Steve Kolowich

The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science by Steve Kolowich

A Skeptic's View on Climate Models by Ross Pomeroy

A Skeptic's View on Climate Models by Ross Pomeroy

Billionaire George Soros has ties to more than 50 ‘partners’ of the Women’s March on Washington by Asra Q. Nomani

Billionaire George Soros has ties to more than 50 ‘partners’ of the Women’s March on Washington by Asra Q. Nomani

San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by Thomas Fuller

San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by Thomas Fuller

Friday, January 20, 2017

Why a Scientist’s Big Break May Be Just Around the Corner by Dashun Wang

Why a Scientist’s Big Break May Be Just Around the Corner by Dashun Wang

The paradox of weak ties in 55 countries by Laura K. Gee, et al

The paradox of weak ties in 55 countries by Laura K. Gee, et al

The Great Unbundling by Ben Thompson

The Great Unbundling by Ben Thompson

Who gets the Top Jobs? The role of family background and by Lindsey Macmillan, Claire Tyler, and Anna Vignoles

Who gets the Top Jobs? The role of family background and networks in recent graduates’ access to high status professions by Lindsey Macmillan, Claire Tyler, and Anna Vignoles

The Real Story of 2016 by Nate Silver

The Real Story of 2016 by Nate Silver

The Real Story of 2016 by Nate Silver

The Real Story of 2016 by Nate Silver

The innovation network by Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, and William Kerr

The innovation network by Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, and William Kerr

How Some Frolicking Fish Got Stuck in a Moment by Joanna Klein

How Some Frolicking Fish Got Stuck in a Moment by Joanna Klein

Fishing for Clues to Solve Namibia’s Fairy Circle Mystery by Nicholas St. Fleur

Fishing for Clues to Solve Namibia’s Fairy Circle Mystery by Nicholas St. Fleur

The Silent Minority from The Economist

The Silent Minority from The Economist

More Than A Year After My Children’s Father Died, We’re Still Learning How To Transition by Mary Katharine Ham

More Than A Year After My Children’s Father Died, We’re Still Learning How To Transition by Mary Katharine Ham

Thursday, January 19, 2017

How Irish Falconry Changed Language by Andrew Evans

How Irish Falconry Changed Language by Andrew Evans

How East and West think in profoundly different ways by David Robson

How East and West think in profoundly different ways by David Robson

Democrats in the Wilderness by Edward-Isaac Dovere

Democrats in the Wilderness by Edward-Isaac Dovere

Clinicians’ Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic Review by Tammy C. Hoffmann and Chris Del Mar

Clinicians’ Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic Review by Tammy C. Hoffmann and Chris Del Mar

The Social Costs of Ubiquitous Information: Consuming Information on Mobile Phones Is Associated with Lower Trust by Kostadin Kushlev and Jason D. E. Proulx

The Social Costs of Ubiquitous Information: Consuming Information on Mobile Phones Is Associated with Lower Trust by Kostadin Kushlev and Jason D. E. Proulx

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Systems Thinking, Systems Tools and Chaos Theory from Free Management Library

Systems Thinking, Systems Tools and Chaos Theory from Free Management Library

Systems Thinking by Peter Senge

Systems Thinking by Peter Senge

Principles of Systems Thinking from Sebok

Principles of Systems Thinking from Sebok

A Definition of Systems Thinking: A Systems Approach by Ross D. Arnold and Jon P. Wade

A Definition of Systems Thinking: A Systems Approach by Ross D. Arnold and Jon P. Wade

What Constitutes Systems Thinking? A Proposed Taxonomy by Krystyna Stave and Megan Hopper

What Constitutes Systems Thinking? A Proposed Taxonomy by Krystyna Stave and Megan Hopper

Microaggressions: Strong Claims, Inadequate Evidence by Scott O. Lilienfeld

Microaggressions: Strong Claims, Inadequate Evidence by Scott O. Lilienfeld

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Gender Equity Can Cause Sex Differences To Grow Bigger by Rob Brooks

Gender Equity Can Cause Sex Differences To Grow Bigger by Rob Brooks

Sex differences in impulsive and compulsive behaviors: a focus on drug addiction by Liana Fattore and Miriam Melis

Sex differences in impulsive and compulsive behaviors: a focus on drug addiction by Liana Fattore and Miriam Melis

More COPS, Less Crime by Steven Mello

More COPS, Less Crime by Steven Mello

Heuristics Work Until They Don't by Scott Alexander

Heuristics Work Until They Don't by Scott Alexander

Mediasaurus by Michael Crichton

Mediasaurus by Michael Crichton

How the Response to Zika Failed Millions by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.

How the Response to Zika Failed Millions by Donald G. McNeil, Jr.

“Statistical Evidence Not Required” by Heather Mac Donald

“Statistical Evidence Not Required” by Heather Mac Donald

Sunday, January 15, 2017

How Climate Benefits from Trees Scale with Cities by Leda Merratz

How Climate Benefits from Trees Scale with Cities by Leda Merratz

A Window Into a Depraved Culture by Heather Mac Donald

A Window Into a Depraved Culture by Heather Mac Donald

A Mindset “Revolution” Sweeping Britain’s Classrooms May Be Based On Shaky Science by Tom Chivers

A Mindset “Revolution” Sweeping Britain’s Classrooms May Be Based On Shaky Science by Tom Chivers

Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics by Adam Perkins

Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics by Adam Perkins

Harvard, Too? Obama’s Final Push to Catch Predatory Colleges Is Revealing by Kevin Carey

Harvard, Too? Obama’s Final Push to Catch Predatory Colleges Is Revealing by Kevin Carey

Friday, January 13, 2017

Prof calls for 'moratorium on microaggression training' by Toni Airaksinen

Prof calls for 'moratorium on microaggression training' by Toni Airaksinen

Politics and Personality: Most of What You Read is Malarkey by Maria Konnikova

Politics and Personality: Most of What You Read is Malarkey by Maria Konnikova

The Limits of Friendship by Maria Konnikova

The Limits of Friendship by Maria Konnikova

Why Smart People Don't Multitask by Travis Bradberry

Why Smart People Don't Multitask by Travis Bradberry

Why Universities Must Choose One Telos: Truth or Social Justice by Jonathan Haidt

Why Universities Must Choose One Telos: Truth or Social Justice by Jonathan Haidt

Media multitaskers pay mental price, Stanford study shows by Adam Gorlick

Media multitaskers pay mental price, Stanford study shows by Adam Gorlick

How to raise a genius: lessons from a 45-year study of super-smart children by Tom Clynes

How to raise a genius: lessons from a 45-year study of super-smart children by Tom Clynes

Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance? by Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson

Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance? by Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson

Cliches of Progressivism: It is Essential to Embrace Intersectionality by Christina Hoff Somers

Cliches of Progressivism: It is Essential to Embrace Intersectionality by Christina Hoff Somers

Social Isolation and New Technology by Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Eun Ja Her, and Lee Rainie

Social Isolation and New Technology by Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Eun Ja Her, and Lee Rainie

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by Thomas B. Edsall

Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn by Thomas B. Edsall

The Real Reason Your City Has No Money by Charles Marohn

The Real Reason Your City Has No Money by Charles Marohn

Higher Minimum Wage May Have Losers by Noam Scheiber

Higher Minimum Wage May Have Losers by Noam Scheiber

Why Are There So Many People in Jail in Scranton, PA? by Jack Norton

Why Are There So Many People in Jail in Scranton, PA? by Jack Norton

Psychology’s Favorite Tool for Measuring Racism Isn’t Up to the Job by Jesse Singal

Psychology’s Favorite Tool for Measuring Racism Isn’t Up to the Job by Jesse Singal

For-profits Match Similar Nonprofits in Learning Results by Paul Fain

For-profits Match Similar Nonprofits in Learning Results by Paul Fain

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

History of Libraries

History of Libraries

Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings by R. Plomin

Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings by R. Plomin

The Invention of the Mechanical Clock and Perceptions of Time in the 13th–15th Centuries by Mattie Glenhaber

The Invention of the Mechanical Clock and Perceptions of Time in the 13th–15th Centuries by Mattie Glenhaber

Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change by Neil Postman

Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change by Neil Postman

US Economic Growth is Over: The Short Run Meets the Long Run by Robert Gordon

US Economic Growth is Over: The Short Run Meets the Long Run by Robert Gordon

Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? by Nicholas Bloom

Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find? by Nicholas Bloom

We’re Thinking About Organizational Culture All Wrong

We’re Thinking About Organizational Culture All Wrong by John Traphagan

Vicious Stereotypes In Polite Society by Douglas Laycock

Vicious Stereotypes In Polite Society by Douglas Laycock

Just how smart is an octopus? by Callum Roberts

Just how smart is an octopus? by Callum Roberts

What is “legitimate” in the 21st century publishing environment? by Brad Torgersen

What is “legitimate” in the 21st century publishing environment? by Brad Torgersen

Monday, January 9, 2017

The origins of happiness by Andrew Clark, et al

The origins of happiness by Andrew Clark, et al

My Life with the Physics Dream Team by Steve Paulson

My Life with the Physics Dream Team by Steve Paulson

Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science by Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams

Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science by Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams

Gender and the returns to attractiveness by Jaclyn S. Wonga and Andrew M. Pennerb

Gender and the returns to attractiveness by Jaclyn S. Wonga and Andrew M. Pennerb

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old by Alex Wright

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old by Alex Wright

Saturday, January 7, 2017

How to Counter Fake News by Martin J. O'Malley and Peter L. Levin

How to Counter Fake News by Martin J. O'Malley and Peter L. Levin

Privilege, Risk, and Harm by Lauren Hall

Privilege, Risk, and Harm by Lauren Hall

The Rise of Political Correctness by Angelo M. Codevilla

The Rise of Political Correctness by Angelo M. Codevilla

Why Americans Long to Live in an HGTV Home by Virginia Postrel

Why Americans Long to Live in an HGTV Home by Virginia Postrel

Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution from Director of National Intelligence

Background to “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution from Director of National Intelligence

Friday, January 6, 2017

The medium is the memory: how communication technologies shape what we remember by C. Jara-Figueroa, Amy Z. Yu, and Cesar A. Hidalgo

The medium is the memory: how communication technologies shape what we remember by C. Jara-Figueroa, Amy Z. Yu, and Cesar A. Hidalgo

How Many Famus People Will Die In 2017? by C. Candia-Castro-Vallejos, Cristian Jara-Figueroa, and César A. Hidalgo

How Many Famus People Will Die In 2017? by C. Candia-Castro-Vallejos, Cristian Jara-Figueroa, and César A. Hidalgo

The futility of gender-neutral parenting by Debra W. Soh

The futility of gender-neutral parenting by Debra W. Soh

What FBI Stats Tell Us About Hate Crimes by Robert Cherry

What FBI Stats Tell Us About Hate Crimes by Robert Cherry

What's Killing Low-Income Americans by Peter R. Orszag

What's Killing Low-Income Americans by Peter R. Orszag

Warning: You Still Need to Stress About Stress by Peter R. Orszag

Warning: You Still Need to Stress About Stress by Peter R. Orszag

Why Ethel Rosenberg Should Not Be Exonerated by Mark Kramer

Why Ethel Rosenberg Should Not Be Exonerated by Mark Kramer

Thursday, January 5, 2017

'Mischievous Responders' Confound Research On Teens by Anya Kamenetz

'Mischievous Responders' Confound Research On Teens by Anya Kamenetz

The University as a Total Institution by John Paul Wright

The University as a Total Institution by John Paul Wright

A Meta-Analysis of Change in Implicit Bias by Patrick Forscher, Calvin K. Lai, Jordan R. Axt, and Brian Nosek

A Meta-Analysis of Change in Implicit Bias by Patrick Forscher, Calvin K. Lai, Jordan R. Axt, and Brian Nosek

Can We Really Measure Implicit Bias? Maybe Not by Tom Bartlett

Can We Really Measure Implicit Bias? Maybe Not by Tom Bartlett

When choice is motivating: The moderating effects of contextual and individual factors by Koh, Jinyoung

When choice is motivating: The moderating effects of contextual and individual factors by Koh, Jinyoung

Assange Is Vastly More Reliable Than The Elite U.S. Media by Michael Tracey

Assange Is Vastly More Reliable Than The Elite U.S. Media by Michael Tracey

Nonprofits would rather spite Trump than help those in need by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Nonprofits would rather spite Trump than help those in need by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Cable News Viewers Still Turn To Fox First from Rasmussen

Cable News Viewers Still Turn To Fox First from Rasmussen

Seven Tests That Can Keep Republicans from Screwing Up by Edward Morrissey

Seven Tests That Can Keep Republicans from Screwing Up by Edward Morrissey

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Tolerance is not a moral precept by Yonatan Zunger

Tolerance is not a moral precept by Yonatan Zunger

High US health care spending is quite well explained by its high material standard of living from Random Critical Analysis

High US health care spending is quite well explained by its high material standard of living from Random Critical Analysis

Social Justice Warriors - why Universities became crazy and how to fight back by Jonathan Haidt

Social Justice Warriors - why Universities became crazy and how to fight back by Jonathan Haidt

The return of the Bubble Quiz: The 100 zip codes with the thickest bubbles by Charles Murray

The return of the Bubble Quiz: The 100 zip codes with the thickest bubbles by Charles Murray

Obama's 'Scandal-Free' Administration Was Actually Riddled with Scandals by Debra Heine

Obama's 'Scandal-Free' Administration Was Actually Riddled with Scandals by Debra Heine

The Year in Technology: 2016 in Charts by Shira Ovide Rani Molla

The Year in Technology: 2016 in Charts by Shira Ovide Rani Molla

How Liberal Professors Are Ruining College by Chris Sweeney

How Liberal Professors Are Ruining College by Chris Sweeney

Bacon’s Bastards: The Folly of the Technocratic Elite by Michael Knox Bacon

Bacon’s Bastards: The Folly of the Technocratic Elite by Michael Knox Bacon

Monday, January 2, 2017

It’s Not Just All of the People Around You That Are Getting Fatter by Daniel Luzer

It’s Not Just All of the People Around You That Are Getting Fatter by Daniel Luzer

About that bogus claim that North Carolina is no longer a democracy . . . by Andrew from Statistical Modeling

About that bogus claim that North Carolina is no longer a democracy . . . by Andrew from Statistical Modeling

Japanese white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence by Dave Gershgorn

Japanese white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence by Dave Gershgorn

What Scientific Term Or Concept Ought To Be More Widely Known? by Gregory Cochran

What Scientific Term Or Concept Ought To Be More Widely Known? by Gregory Cochran

An Ancient City Emerges In A Remote Rain Forest by Douglas Preston

An Ancient City Emerges In A Remote Rain Forest by Douglas Preston

What is a Sexist? by Jonny Anomaly and Brian Boutwell

What is a Sexist? by Jonny Anomaly and Brian Boutwell

The PC Police Crack Down on . . . Kids Books by Meghan Cox Gurdon

The PC Police Crack Down on . . . Kids Books by Meghan Cox Gurdon

Sea level and coastal changes from the British Geological Survey

Sea level and coastal changes from the British Geological Survey