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May 2025

Tuesday's Assorted Links
Walmart University, adulting, school phone bans, unplugging from work, and tourist hubs
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The Billions We Forget We're Owed
In theory, you’d know if someone owed you money. In practice, you probably don’t.
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Jadrian Wooten
Tuesday's Assorted Links
What is news, Walmart prices, Moody's ratings, professors using ChatGPT, and urban growth
There Can Only Be One Pickle... Or Can There?
A scrappy baseball team in the Pacific Northwest is going head-to-head with Disney over the right to use the "Pickles" name
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Jadrian Wooten
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Tuesday's Assorted Links
Toy prices, reading to children, lab-grown diamonds, starter home prices, and thrifting
Why Picking a Pope Takes More Than a Majority
Supermajority rules reflect the tradeoff between internal costs of reaching agreement and the external costs of making the wrong decision.
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Jadrian Wooten
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Tuesday's Assorted Links
Worst-paying majors, avoiding tariffs, movie tariffs, tuition, and urban vegetation
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Why 100 Humans Probably Can’t Beat a Gorilla
It’s not about strength—it’s about whether people can actually work together.
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Jadrian Wooten
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