After two years of compulsively collecting Pokemon cards, 6yo has finally learned to play the game. She combined exemplary sportsmanship about losing with a compulsive urge to cheat at every opportunity.

You thought reading science fiction novels would prepare you for the future. Little did you know, you should have been studying fantasy novels about objects imbued with magic, which can be persuaded to do your bidding given the right incantation.

Successful industries get regulated, and sometimes this is what causes them to shift out of growth mode: thediff.co/archive/what-r… ($)

.Pamela J. Hobart has discovered the Acquired podcast. Trying to explain to her that exhaustively detailing the history of your favorite company for four hours straight is just a standard form of male bonding.

In any given instance, it feels good to say that when a corrupt government gets replaced by a less corrupt one, it can and should void any deal that the bad government signed. Universalize this, though, and you make foreign direct investment in poor countries impossible.