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Wellness Programs Aren’t Working. Let’s Change That.

Update: now up at The Health Care Blog too… Canoeing can be good exercise – especially on Lake Victoria   You’d be forgiven if, after reading last month’s Health Affairs, you came to the conclusion...

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“Millennials don’t need ‘doctors.’ Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles” – We’re the Uber of Organ Transplants A smart, conservative list of...

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A loving tribute to a father-in-law more father than in-law: “A man doesn’t go and announce, I am going to be an example for you, I will show you how to live. He just carries himself through the...

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Book-Blogging: The Life You Can Save

Recently, I read, and responded to, Dylan Matthews’s great article on Millennials “earning to give” – taking high-paying jobs at Google and hedge funds in order to maximize the amount of money given to...

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An unspeakably-horrible case of provincial victim blaming after a rape captured on video. Required reading Should college students study abroad? I don’t find any of the authors very convincing, but...

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Tuesday Links

Iranians are, generally, pretty happy about the nuclear program deal worked out in Geneva. It turns out that sanctions hurt the everyday person pretty severely I don’t think this article actually...

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Is it immoral to watch the Super Bowl (and American football more generally)? There are worse villains in this story, sure, but we’re all a touch responsible, aren’t we? Sendhil Mullainathan with an...

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Book-Blogging – Scarcity, by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir

As I’m writing this, it’s the middle of the holiday season, which means that you’re probably a little dumber right now. A bit more scatterbrained. Likely reaching for that extra holiday cookie or for...

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