“After experiencing it for myself, it seems absurd that this fundamental strangeness of Facebook isn’t a regular topic of conversation.” Kaitlyn Tiffany makes the world’s blandest Facebook profile to see what’s going on over there. (unpaywalled version)
Clichés and platitudes
“A man can beat his wife with car antennas, can trade his children for drugs or motorcycles, but still, when he finally, mercifully dies, his survivors will have to hear from some know-nothing at the post-funeral dinner that he did his best.” David Sed…
Herrera wasn’t a saint. But he may have been something better than that.
“Costa Rica shows what an alternative looks like.” Atul Gawande explores the benefits of Costa Rica’s “braid[ed] together” health care and public health systems. (SLNYorker) Atul Gawande previously.