America is unique, and comparisons are difficult. The country easily outpaces the rest of the developed world in gun deaths and overdoses, both major mortality drivers here that have largely been accepted as the cost of being American. But even if you discount those peculiarities, plenty of other indicators are pointing the wrong way.
~ Vann Newkirk via The Atlantic
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Life in the Instagram bubble requires a constant calibration of how it will be viewed from outside.
~ Jacob Mikanowski
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When you want to know how things really work, study them when they’re coming apart.
~ William Gibson
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Role Morality: Sports Edition | Ethics Unwrapped
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Part of believing in capitalism is you don’t have to feel guilty
~ David Sacks via The Atlantic
A trace of Gavin Newsom’s childhood shyness lingers in his fondness for performing comedic riffs, usually delivered in a key of ironic self-lament, which insulate him from more direct engagement. He was dressed in a white shirt, dusky-blue suit trousers, and a blue tie knotted, with two crisp dimples, into a four-in-hand.
~ Nathan Heller via The New Yorker
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The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake.
~ Jim Collins, Good to Great