Friday, April 3, 2015

Cheese Shaped Western Civilization

The Sorry State Of Hitting In Modern Baseball, Cheese Changed The Course Of Western Civilization And Other Facts, The Quartz Daily Brief: Everything You Should Know About the World, in Five Minutes, What Exactly Is Neoliberalism?, Sweet Beats Made From The Sounds Of A Car Factory, The Horror Of Amazon's New Dash Button
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Friday, April 3, 2015
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The Sorry State Of Hitting In Modern Baseball
nytimes.com
The question for Rob Manfred, as he begins his first season as commissioner of Major League Baseball, is whether he should find ways to legally boost offense. Many hitters would welcome a stimulus package, of sorts, in an age when every new edge seems to benefit pitchers.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Cheese Changed The Course Of Western Civilization And Other Facts
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This week we learned that cheese culture shaped western civilization, wasps are no match for a shop vac and 7:00 p.m. is everyone's favorite time of day.
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The Quartz Daily Brief: Everything You Should Know About the World, in Five Minutes
qz.com
Being a responsible, informed person doesn't have to be boring. The Quartz Daily Brief email feels like it was written by that one weird, smart friend of yours who can tell you all about the Nigerian elections and somehow knows about the existence of a dating site specifically for UFO believers. Sign up here.
IT'S THE ECONOMY, SORT OF
What Exactly Is Neoliberalism?
dissentmagazine.org
Climate change, a crippled welfare state, the 2008 financial crisis, skyrocketing income inequality, political disappointments reaching back decades, terrible superhero movies grossing billions of dollars, and Tinder—these are just a few of the sins attributed to neoliberalism. But what exactly is it?
WAIT FOR THE DROP TOP
Sweet Beats Made From The Sounds Of A Car Factory
digg.com
This is how you do branded content: make it stuff you'd like anyway.
STRAIGHT FROM THE MIND OF GEORGE SAUNDERS
The Horror Of Amazon's New Dash Button
newyorker.com
Shopping should make you feel bad, if only for a second. Pressing a little plastic button is too much fun.
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HOPEFULLY NOT HIS FIRST RODEO
Image: A South American cowboy known as a gaucho tries not to be thrown off a wild horse during the Criolla del Prado rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay,Thursday, April 2, 2015.
A South American cowboy known as a gaucho tries not to be thrown off a wild horse during the Criolla del Prado rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay,Thursday, April 2, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico
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