- BBC: Huntington’s disease successfully treated for first time. Big if true, but still at the press release stage. Caveat lector.
- CNN: A surgical team was about to harvest this man’s organs — until his doctor intervened. Concerning. Yes, it is extremely unlikely but the number of these occurrences should be exactly 0 and the system that allows them needs to be rethought.
- NYT: She Held Her Baby for an Hour. Then the State Took Her Away. Harrowing.
- NYT: An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive. A few months old but a good one from Ross Douthat. “In this environment, survival will depend on intentionality and intensity. Any aspect of human culture that people assume gets transmitted automatically, without too much conscious deliberation, is what online slang calls NGMI — not going to make it.” We are doing our small part by introducing our kids to the pre-1980s movies and some very old books.
- FT: The young against the young. From Janan Ganesh, with whom I am — predictably — in complete agreement: “Yes, a house in E8 will cost you now, but if you think that outweighs the invention of the hepatitis B vaccine, you might investigate the option of growing up a bit.”
Gift links for the last 3 — enjoy.