1. Fred Wilson on blogging

2. Having one African-American person on a jury makes a big difference

3. This is what happened when Wellesely made humanities departments grade tougher

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5. Stephen Pinker says you can break (sometimes) these 10 grammar rules 

6. Goldstein and Mighton on math instruction 

1.  (interesting as much for clues on how India works than actual economics) HT Tyler Cowen

2. Score one for the core (tricky incentives for how performance affects politics) 

3. This guy created a 1,284 slide deck on how to live life (you may mock, but I appreciate the effort) 

4. When times are tough, it’s better to mate with someone — even the wrong one — than with no one at all (for humans too?)

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6. Arnold Kling responds to my Obamacare post (he is right that starting points matter)

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3. Why it’s hard to catch you’re own typos (as this blog will undoubtedly illustrate) 

4. Kling on Manzi on Basic Income

5. Do people really pass from Fifty Shades of Grey to Alice Munroe? (and Auden’s addition to detective novels)