1. Thwarted markets in everything: "Indianapolis Colts WR Michael Pittman Jr. says he won't give up No. 11 to Carson Wentz."

2. Siddhartha Mukherjee on heterogeneities in relative pandemic performance, revisiting a now-neglected topic (New Yorker).

3. North Dakota legislative house passes an anti-mask mandate bill.

4. Experiencing the Spanish flu lowered social trust.  And more than 200 monoliths now.

5. Is Robert Gordon emerging from his previous stagnationist position?

6. Will/should the U.S. create a "strategic monkey reserve"? (NYT)

7. Spotify is going hi fi in selected markets.  Civilization has returned (I hope).