TED Talk: 柯文哲

TED Talk: What's wrong with what we eat by Mark Bittman

Sweden Isn't Socialist by John Stossel FROM Reason

He interviews Swedish historian Johan Norberg, whose book, 
In Defense of Global Capitalism, I highly recommend.

The Psychology of Happiness (Circa 1929) by Lawrence R. Samuel Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today

TED Talk: The Global Food Waste Scandal, Tristram Stuart

Why former NFL lineman John Urschel benched football for math FROM CBS News

U.S. Baby Bust Fears Inspire a Radical Policy Proposal [the fertility dividen] by Ronald Bailey FROM reason.com

Review | When presidents lied or misled the nation to go to war — and when they didn’t By Matthew Dallek FROM The Washington Post

How the New Silk Roads are merging into Greater Eurasia by Pepe Escobar FROM Asia Times

The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities by By Noah Buhayar and Esmé E Deprez FROM LA Times

"Safe Parking L.A., which operates five parking lots in cooperation with churches and local government agencies, plans to open 14 more sites in the coming months. Each lot has a security guard and restroom or portable toilet facilities. Safe Parking L.A.’s aim is to help people stabilize and get back into secure housing situations, instead of losing everything—including their cars—and winding up on the streets."

'Kidney for sale': Iran has a legal market for the organs, but the system doesn't always work By Shashank Bengali and Ramin Mostaghim FROM LA Times

TED Talk: The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives by Jonathan Haidt

Elon Musk's SpaceX is the latest big tech company to tap the risky leveraged-loan market by Callum Burroughs FROM Business Insider

How Does Social Media Parasitize Your Brain? by Douglas T. Kenrick Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today

Why the global suicide rate is falling FROM The Economist

Water crisis puts trade war into perspective for China by FROM Asia Times

Keeping It in the Family Why are so many of the world’s oldest companies in Japan? By Emily Tamkin FROM Slate

Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal by Derek Thompson FROM The Atlantic

TED Talk: A reality check on renewables - David MacKay

How Does Current AI Stack Up Against Human Intelligence? by Paul Thagard Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today