Hi there. Music: Drunken Sufis mold sounds like no other; love the playfulness of their composition and how they eschew pop structures but manage to remain catchy. Give it a chance on good headphones/speakers. And a new Austra.

News!

• Charles Eisenstein: Brushes with the mainstream.
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb: How to legally own another person [pdf], via HN.
• Correlation between violence and inequality over the millennia, via HN.
  • [fr] Alexandre Delaigue : Il nous faudrait une bonne guerre.
• [fr] L'Obs : Revenu universel, via Standblog.
• SMBC: The dimension store.
• Donaldese:
  • Scientific American: The National Park Service won't be silenced.
  • Canadians headed to Women's March turned away at U.S. border, via Planet Mozilla.