Interesting Links for 11-01-2017

On Maximum Wages and Inequality

(tags: wages inequality economics income )

Do any other nations enjoy understatement as much as the British do?

(tags: uk language society funny )

This pretty-much sums up my position on philosophy and meaning

(tags: philosophy life )

A lot of well-meaning people don’t understand single-payer healthcare

(tags: healthcare )

People are rubbish at noticing that white people are white

Of course, they're rubbish at noticing how many legs they have too. But then only 62% of Americans are white, and a lot more have two legs.
(tags: race )

GRRM makes tiny announcement about the next book

(tags: GeorgeRRMartin )

Americans are happier with inequality than Norwegians

(tags: inequality norway usa psychology )

Illumina wants to sequence your whole genome for $100

(tags: genetics Technology )

Equivocating feels less bad than lying but will cost you in the long run

(tags: lying psychology )

Bosses' bizarre excuses for failing to pay minimum wage

(tags: uk minimumwage )