Metsfilter January 2 2018

These are just some links I found interesting.

Tyler Cowen’s explanation of why he writes for Bloomberg View is a source of good leads on intelligent writing on economic matters.

Open Culture has two interesting photo galleries:

• 1,600 color photos from the Great Depression.
• 5,000 photos by Minor White, a legendary photographer whose name is very ripe for puns.

Robert McCrum of the Guardian finished his list of the Top 100 best nonfiction books of all time. He explains his rationale.

An explanation of the Platinum rule, a variation of the golden rule that takes into account the possibility that people might not want to be treated the same way you do.

The editor notes for Milo Yiannopoulos’ book remain hilarious. 

From SMBC, A biblical explanation for Quantum Mechanics.